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Summer is back with a splash New and renovated aquatic parks across St. Charles County offer family fun and cool relief from sweltering heat By Brett Auten The time is upon us. Sunglasses, flip-flops and sunscreen are soon to become week-to-week staples. Area residents and visitors can now test drive a new water park, and…

A place for second chances By Brenda Mahr Did you knowAfrican-American males have a 32 percent lifetime chance of going to prison, that 11 percent of homeless adults are veterans and one in five experiencing homelessness have a serious mental illness or conditions related to chronic substance abuse?  Did you know approximately 17,375 offenders found…

Reaching out to veterans The Kaufman Fund raises money and distributes it to organizations that support veterans across the St. Louis region By Charlotte Beard In corporate America there is a concept for “training the trainer” – providing proper preparation for those who train or instruct other people. Perhaps in the nonprofit sector there should…

May 28: Memorial Day ceremony The St. Peters Veterans Memorial Commission invites you to ceremonies to honor American service members who gave their lives in the line of duty at St. Peters’ Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial next to St. Peters City Hall. This event…

May 21 – June2: Book sale June 2018 Book Sale for Friends of Ferguson Library (FLIERS) takes place May 31 from 4 to 7:30 p.m., June 1 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and June 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ferguson Library Auditorium  at 35 North Florissant Road. Books include: children’s, history, art, sci-fi literature, how-to, health, fiction and many…

Is It Body Fat or Something Else? Let’s face it! We silently curse the dimpled cellulite that has settled on our thighs, the extra weight that just seems to creep up as we get older. But not everyone stores fat the same way. There is a disease where fat accumulates abnormally in arms and legs…

Longtime Community News photographer passes away Longtime Community News photographer Ray Rockwell, of O’Fallon, passed away on May 5 at the age of 75. Rockwell began working for the Community News in 1999. “Ray Rockwell was a longtime employee and friend. We will miss him,” said Robert Huneke, publisher-emeritus of the Community News. Rockwell proudly…

Going for gold 20-year-old St. Charles native beats the odd and brings home a gold medal from the 2018 Paralympics in South Korea By Brett Auten Inspiring is the tip of the iceberg when you get to know Noah Elliott. The 20-year-old St. Charles native packed a lifetime of emotions, complications, accomplishments, and jubilation’s in…

The nighttime is the right time Ferguson Twilight Run marks ninth year of celebrating health and community with an evening jog By Charlotte Beard Five-time winner of Big River Running’s Best Neighborhood Support Award, The Ferguson Twilight Run, will have its ninth annual event on Saturday, May 19 starting at 4:30 p.m. Big Papa G…