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National Healthcare Decisions Day – Thursday, April 16 – was founded to get people thinking, talking and taking action on healthcare decisions such as living wills and other advance directives.

Due to recent and expected rainfall in the area conditions exist that could result in flash flooding. Drivers are urged to use extreme caution and do not attempt to drive through standing water.

The De Smet water polo Spartans are rebuilding this spring but they hope to make a splash in their own De Smet Invitional.

In 2014, two Rockwood high schools (Marquette and Lafayette) and two Parkway high schools (West and South) were listed in the top 10 of Best High Schools in Missouri by U.S. News & World Report. Performance on state assessment tests like the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) and the American College Testing (ACT) exam make up a large part of the ranking criteria.

Wildwood’s City Council, on April 13, will vote on legislation that would allow for some llamas – currently living at a home on Glencoe Road adjacent to Rockwoods Reservation – to stay there.

It only took about 66 million years for an authentic Triceratops horn to make its way to Ridge Meadows Elementary.

By abandoning virtually all its demands for serious restrictions on Iran's nuclear bomb program, the Obama administration has apparently achieved the semblance of a preliminary introduction to the beginning of a tentative framework for a possible hope of an eventual agreement with Iran.

Mardi Gras is over – but don’t tell the patrons at Bone’s French Quarter, where its Mardi Gras atmosphere, good food and cold drinks keep the good times rolling all year long. Master of ceremonies is Bone’s French Quarter owner Brian Armstrong, who, over the last year, has given the menu a stronger Cajun accent.

The Creve Coeur City Council has opted for more historically authentic wood replacement siding in a repainting project for the 135-year-old Tappmeyer House in Millennium Park.

As high school golf gets underway, here's a look at the areas teams with insight from the coaches.