Friday, March 30, 2012
The 2nd Congressional District candidate from Ballwin will be the main speaker at a dinner hosted Friday evening by the St. Louis County Pachyderm Club and more from Political Potpourri writer Jason Rosenbaum.
Wagner to Meet with Pachyderm Supporters Meanwhile, Ann Wagner, a Ballwin Republican who is running for the 2nd Congressional District House seat, will be the main speaker at the St. Louis County Pachyderm Club dinner this Friday. The dinner will take place at 7 p.m. at Trattoria Branica Restaurant in Frontenac. Wagner is running against three other people for the GOP nomination in the 2nd District, including former Webster Groves Councilman Randy Jotte. Two lesser-known candidates from St. Charles County, James O. Baker and John Morris, are also in the contest. The Democratic field includes Eureka resident George “Boots” Weber, Ballwin resident Marshall Works, former Kirkwood Municipal Judge Harold Whitfield and Valley Park resident …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
On the tails of a primary victory in Alabama, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is scheduled to travel through St. Louis County this weekend.
Editor's Note: This article was last updated at 12:18 p.m. Thursday with changes to Santorum's schedule. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is expected to visit Ballwin on Saturday, the day of St. Louis County's Republican caucuses. Santorum is scheduled to appear in Chesterfield Township at 8 a.m. Saturday at Westminster Christian Academy at 800 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis. He then is expected to make a 9:15 a.m. appearance at Schnucks Wildwood Crossing Community Room at 16580 Manchester Road in Wildwood, followed by a stop at the Ballwin Police Station, the site of the Lafayette Township Committee Caucus. Santorum previously was around St. Louis in late January with a visit to St. Charles County, and also was in the …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The former mayor and municipal court judge served the city from 1963 to 1971.
Robert C. Jones, Jr., who served the City of Ballwin as Mayor from 1965 to 1971, died Saturday. He was 78 years old. Jones' career included working for four different law firms and multiple municipalities over a five-decade span. Before pursuing law, however, which helped Jones establish a positive reputation locally, his skills on the baseball diamond once presented a vastly different career path. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jones had graduated from Brentwood High School in 1951, then pitched and played infield for local teams in the 1950s, including those under the Ballwin Athletic Association. That led to an offer to play minor league baseball in Detroit—an offer that ultimately was turned down in favor of a law degree …
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Ellisville has become a target in a class-action lawsuit involving the city's former use of red-light cameras.
The City of Ellisville and three other municipalities are being sued in a class-action lawsuit targeting the cities' use of red-light cameras. In addition to Creve Coeur, Arnold and Florissant, as well as camera vendor American Traffic Solutions (or ATS), Ellisville was named in the suit filed earlier this month, which first was reported by The Riverfront Times. The suit seeks refunds for those who have been ticketed using red-light camera technology in those cities, in addition to stopping the use of the cameras in municipalities where they still are active, which is the case in Ellisville. In the first 13 months of operation, red-light cameras at the intersection of Clarkson and Manchester Roads generated 17,000 violations that resulted …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Departed on Jul. 29, 2011 and resided in Ballwin.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Essen, Patricia Elise (nee Wolf), passed away, Friday, July 29, 2011 to enter eternity with Jesus, sister Harriet Davey, and parents Minnie and Harry E. Wolf. Pat is survived by her loving and devoted husband of nearly 64 years, Donald F. Essen, whom she married on September 27, 1947. Pat also leaves behind daughter Sue Essen and son-in-law Anthony Kenworthy, daughters Maud Essen, Joanie Essen, and Mary Detrich, grandsons Nick Detrich and Ed Detrich, nieces Judith Hornbeck, Pat Keeley, and Sally Ling, and many dear friends. Pat's long career as a civic leader included volunteer services for--St. John's Lutheran Church and school, C.E.A. President, Youth Group Leader, Sunday School teacher, team-teaching fourth grade with Don for five years…
Karen Deing Durrer
10:11 am on Monday, December 26, 2011
Bob, I hope this note finds its way to you and Tom. I just saw the notice of your father's passing and I wanted to take a moment to send you my condolences. He was a wonderful man and a big presence in my life. I will always remember him as a larger than life character that had quite a bit to do with helping to form my political opinions as well as the way I saw and took advantage of … more ›