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The Parkway North High team, “The Bee Boys” won $7,000 in the Lexus Eco Challenge. Team members are Maxim Evets, Christopher Lau, Nevan Garner, Mason Andrews, Caden Huffines, Josh Mueller and Lorenzo Prila.

Local communities showed their spirit this holiday season with everything to laying wreaths, spirited snowman searches and even an Elf on the Roof (no, really).

The University of Missouri announced on Dec. 20 that it will receive $24.8 million in federal funding for construction of a plant bioscience laboratory building on its Columbia campus.

County Executive Sam Page and the St. Louis County Department of Health have launched an initiative aimed at combatting opioid abuse. The “Anyone Can” campaign seeks to spread awareness that addiction can affect anyone while empowering individuals with education and resources to get help.

On Dec. 9, 2019, members of the Eureka Knights of Columbus delivered a $1,000 donation to St. Louis VFW Veterans Service Officers [VSOs].

Letter to the editor from the Jan. 15 issue.

Incarnate Word Academy's swimming standout Ellie Wehrmann wanted to do something she had not done before.

Former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons is going into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and he heads the list of honorees for the upcoming 62nd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers’ Dinner.

The St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott affirmed the temporary restraining order against Dr. John’s Lingerie Boutique by imposing a permanent injunction on Dec. 3, incurring a $157,500 fine. The city’s attorney, David Streubel, said that a $1,500 daily fine will continue to accrue.

The Parkway North Vikings girls basketball has a busy two days ahead of them. The Vikings (7-3) will entertain the Marquette Mustangs (7-2) at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Then, Parkway North plays at 4 p.m. Saturday in the St. Joseph’s Shootout at 4 p.m. The Vikings will face the Edwardsville Tigers (14-1). Edwardsville also will be back two games in two days as the Tigers have a home game set for Friday night against O’Fallon (Ill.) “We will have little prep with playing a very tough Marquette team on Friday,” Parkway North coach Brett Katz said about meeting powerful Edwardsville. “We ...