West Newsmagazine Your online news source for West St. Louis County, Missouri

Ask any staff or student at Wild Horse Elementary and they will tell you their new favorite word is meteorologist.

Marshall the Miracle Dog – whose life mission is to inspire children to be kind to themselves and others and to act with courage to stop bullying – is coming Aug. 28 to a theater near you (check local listings for show times).

To anyone unfamiliar with Wildwood’s meandering, shaded roads and open spaces, those living in the West County suburb probably would be described as “city folks.”

Ellisville may be getting a new rental housing development.

The city of Chesterfield has received a grant to build a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station and for converting 13 vehicles to use the fuel.

The Missouri Supreme Court has released a ruling on St. Louis’ red-light camera ordinance, but how this decision ultimately affects the West County area remains to be seen.

The Central County Emergency 911 (CCE) board of directors has begun its review of applications received for the agency’s executive director position.

The Manchester Homecoming committee is seeking photo entries for its 2015 Cute Kids and Cute Pets contests.

On Feb. 26 of this year, state auditor and gubernatorial candidate Tom Schweich ended his own life with a single gunshot to the head.

To the Editor: Bully to those who wrote in recently to expound on the stupidity of increasing the minimum wage (“Talk of Wages,” Letters to the Editor, West Newsmagazine, July 8).