The first thing that catches your eye as you approach Edwin “Ed” Echelmeyer’s art on display at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre is a display featuring many beautiful hand-painted cards framed under glass – each one a masterpiece in itself.

It’s been 30 years since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and on Jan. 17, area veterans gathered to remember those who served in the conflict.

Local musicians Kathy Horry, Kiersten Rose and Kathryn Shipley are using their musical talent to bring the gift of song to local audiences.

The Skills Center, a new program of BCI (Boone Center Inc.), just saw its first set of tradesmen graduates. The men graduated and moved directly into competitive employment as specially trained, full-time employees at Permian Plastics in O’Fallon.

The St. Louis Synergy Synchronized Skating Junior Team has been named to International Selection Pool (ISP) for the 2020-2021 season.

Since 1954, the International Association of Fire Fighters has raised money through their signature “Fill the Boot” campaign, collecting money in their boots from local communities to benefit children and adults with Muscular Dystrophy and ALS.

During a regular monthly meeting on July 20, the Fort Zumwalt School District Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution requesting federal stimulus funds on behalf of America’s schools. Then, in an emergency meeting on Aug. 10, the board voted unanimously to roll back the start of school to Aug. 31. Both issues are of significant importance to the students, families and taxpayers of the district.

The largest pump track in the country had its grand opening on June 24 in Dardenne Prairie. The 33,000-square-foot track was built inside St. Charles County's 25-acre Youth Activity Park.

Tibor Miklos visits the United States every two years to speak to schools and churches about his Christian organization called the Bartimeus Foundation in Budapest, Hungary. Through the organization, he and his team work with communities in Hungary, Romania and surrounding areas to help provide both daily necessities and faith-based needs. Miklos' most recent visit was to Christian High in O'Fallon.

Salty’s Fresh Mex has earned a glowing reputation since its debut in 2016 – and that says a lot. Tasty Mexican food with an American flare isn’t easily attained in the Midwest, but Salty’s remedies that problem by serving up delicious “Fresh-Mex” in the Cottleville-O’Fallon area.