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The County’s Veterans Best Practices Working Group is hosting its annual Flag Collection for the public from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Flag Day, Monday, June 14. The event takes place at a drive-by collection site, located at the corner of Monroe and Second Streets in St. Charles. The flags will be properly disposed of at a ceremony later this year.

Registration for the Wildlife Command Center’s Extraordinary St. Louis Cash Quest – and the change to hunt down a $10,000 cash prize – will continue through June 15.

Among the new amenities planned for the town of Augusta and St. Charles County is the launch of the Miss Augusta, a 96-foot luxury yacht.

The drive-thru is open to the first 100 families in each county to sign up by June 11. The event will be repeated in Warren County on June 19, and families can pre-register by calling Michelle at (636) 288-8229.

Parker's column from the June 9 issue.

Doctors must choose their words carefully when “deprescribing” medicines their senior patients may have come to depend on.

When it comes to choosing a new doctor for themselves, Americans 50 and older say they value access and convenience over the physician’s reputation, online reviews or the recommendations of others, according to a recent University of Michigan survey.

Even with pandemic-related shortages causing delays in everything from seat cushions to lumber to appliances, there’s plenty that can be done to spruce up your outdoor space.

Summer is a season for projects. The good news is that the remodeling industry has made a strong comeback from the effects of the pandemic in 2020. The bad news, especially for homeowners, is that this backlog is due to supply chain delays, continued labor shortages and an overabundance of project leads.

Collectivism was a primary reason for mask wearing a recent MIT study found.