Wildwood News

An unassuming brown and white state road sign caught our attention on Memorial Day while driving back from Blue Springs/Independence, MO.

The latest controversy is over the Environmental Protection Agency official who's been working for decades on cleaning up the dioxin contamination of Times Beach and more recently assessing the Wildwood development site of Strecker Forest.

Four generations of local women banded together to create a unique shop in January 2007 at which friends and families could gather for special or everyday celebrations.

Due to Big Chief Roadhouse Restaurant's close proximity to Wildwood Middle Schoo l and Living Word United Methodist Church , the new owners' request for a liquor license required a public hearing.

Second grade student Emily Ehrlich, 8, plays at recess at Fairway Elementary School, May 14, 2012, in Wildwood, Missouri.

Nighttime is a bright time at Meramec Caverns on Friday and Saturday nights during June.

In the May 11 Patch survey about deliberately avoiding turtles in Eureka and Wildwood roadways-or drivers stopping and getting out of vehicles to move them-only one respondent of the 81 participants said they did not worry about turtles on roads.

Saturday's Farmers' Market in Wildwood also was like going to a concert. Ed Rohan , a soloist and guitar player, performed a variety of easy-listening favorites that definitely prompted humming along.

When adults talk about drug abuse in our schools the discussion can get emotional.

A St. Louis County Police Department search helicopter was called out Monday night in Wildwood from approximately 11 p.m. to midnight over the Missouri Routes 109 and 100 area to seek "a turned over car," per a phoned-in report.

The Fine Arts Club at St. Louis Community College at Wildwood with their "Take a Seat in Chesterfield" creation.

Heroin is not as cute as the "button" in which it comes. In fact, it doesn't make anyone cute as a button at all.

This year, Newsweek's ranking highlights the best 1,000 public high schools in the nation-the ones that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads.

It's time to vote now in the second phase of this week's West County Food Fight.

In this YouTube video, that granted, has been around since March 31, Chesterfield resident and Missouri State Sen.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The 51st national, competitive, annual exhibition of aqueous media painting, Watercolor U.S.A. 2012, opens at the Springfield Art Museum on June 9 and continues through Aug.

New hours for this season's Wildwood Farmers' Market will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., but the same market manager will be in place to launch it.

A St. Louis County is the only Missouri county with a Boundary Commission , and in the next few months, its members may be entertaining proposed plans from Wildwood and Clarkson Valley representatives about merging in some way in the future.

The City of Fenton has become the newest focal point in the battle against methamphetamine as the Board of Aldermen considers making pseudoephedrine medications only available by prescription.

Chimi's Fresh Mex A in Wildwood is the winner in this week's Food Fight, in which we asked readers for their choice for best margaritas in West County.