Five students from the Francis Howell School District who are blind or visually impaired recently put their skills to the test and earned some impressive awards at the Missouri Regional Braille Challenge hosted by the Missouri School for the Blind.

The Special Olympics Missouri athletes played in front of players, fans, spirit squads and parents of both Christian high and Lutheran High on Feb. 21.

Landowners with questions about building a new pond or enhancing an existing pond on their property are invited to attend a free workshop on pond management from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1 in Classroom 1 at the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

The contest is open to creative middle and high school students from around the country.

Drug abuse is an enormous, complicated issue that touches all of us – some with catastrophic wallops. It is a topic that is impossible to cover properly in a single issue, so we’ll deep dive into a couple points at a time over several issues.

The Collegiate DECA team at Lindenwood University recently competed in the Missouri DECA state competition at Lodge of Four Seasons.

The St. Charles County Highway Department has reopened a portion of eastbound Westwood Drive to two-way traffic last week, following construction of new pavement, enclosed drainage, curb and gutter and sidewalks. The area, which has been restricted to one-way traffic since August 2019, is between South Breeze Lane and Motherhead Road.

Artwork of the top 100 finalists in the 30th annual Picture the Music competition will be on display at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre April 6-19.

With spring approaching, O’Fallon residents are reminded of the new city ordinance allowing golf carts on some city streets.

Letter to the editor from the March 11 issue.