Catch up on the top stories shared in Ballwin and Ellisville this month.
(For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) As the month draws to a close, check in on the most read stories shared on Ballwin-Ellisville Patch in April. Which was your favorite? Most interesting? Most helpful.
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Patch is more than just a website -- it's a platform for community engagement! Read on to see how to stay plugged in with Ballwin - Ellisville Patch.
Whether you're a life-long resident of Ballwin and Ellisville or just an occasional visitor, there are plenty of ways to keep tuned in to the goings-on of the community. Ballwin - Ellisville Patch goes beyond a community news site. There are several ways to hype up content you want to share and find out what's happening in the neighborhood. How YOU can share on Ballwin - Ellisville Patch: How to keep plugged in to Webster Groves Patch: For questions and news tips, you can always holler via email to Ballwin-ellisville@patch.com What do you think? What's your favorite way to find out and share community news? Tell us in the comments.
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Spread the word about your athlete's accomplishments on National Signing Day.
Wednesday, high school athletes in a variety of sports will be putting pen to paper and making official their pledge to play football, soccer, baseball and other sports at the college level. Particularly in the world of college football, "National Signing Day" has turned into something of a holiday for fans eager to find out if their favorite college program will get the top "blue-chip" recruits. With so many schools in the area, there's no way we can get to all of them, which is where you come in. There are three ways you can make sure the athletes in your family or at your school can get the spotlight that he or she deserves. (All require a Patch login, which is free and painless!) You can also email a photo to Gregg.Palermo@patch.com or…
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Our panel of experts are waiting in the comments to answer your questions about planning your big day in the latest installment of Ask the Patch Pro.
It's time for another edition of Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comments section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. This week we're talking about wedding planning. Patch wants to help you get your questions answered, but we needed some help. We've compiled a team of experts to help us out. Meet the experts: Have a question? Ask in the comment section below!
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Your local Patch site will go dark during the national observance for the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Patch sites around America, including yours, will take part in a National Moment of Silence at 8:30 a.m. Central time on Friday. At that hour, the website will go blank for 5 minutes. The page will be replaced by a message noting the National Moment of Silence, and a link will direct viewers to a website that explains ways you can join the campaign to help the people of Sandy Hook. After 5 minutes, the website operation will return to normal. The Moment of Silence coincides with one across social media sites. Over 100,000 people have pledged not to tweet or post to Facebook, reports TechCrunch, including Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Britney Spears, Suze Orman, Tyler Florence, Goldie Hawn, and Joe Montana. Also, Missouri Governor Jay …
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Find out how you can help the nursery, or send your own ideas of places for Patchers to volunteer.
Patch editors in the St. Louis area cleaned, organized, sorted, wiped, hugged and played at the St. Charles location for the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. The Crisis Nursery's mission is to prevent child abuse by providing temporary housing and care for young children in order to give their parents and caretakers the space and time needed to resolve crisis. Patch editors organized and sanitized toys, cleaned high chairs and walls, put away summer clothes, put babies to sleep and played with the little ones. See previous story: Patch Volunteers Today at Crisis Nursery We volunteer as part of our coverage with a program called "Give 5," through which we donate advertising space to charitable organizations and contribute our own time as …
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11:18 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Congrats for becoming part of the solution and sharing it to keep alive the opportunity for service where it is soooo needed! more ›
Employees help out, and you can, too.
It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families. This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate. "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could help more. So for us AOLers and Patchers…
Are you a Mizzou fan? College Colors Day is an annual day where people across the country show their support for their favorite college by wearing its colors.
Mizzou? SLU? Lindenwood? Which college or university lays claim to having the most fans in St. Louis? Today is College Colors Day, an annual celebration, according to its website, dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that make the college experience great by encouraging people across America to wear apparel of their favorite college or university throughout the day. Here at Patch, we're using the day to find out which higher education establishment has the most support in the St. Louis-community. I, myself, am a proud graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale—go Salukis!—but am also a huge fan of Mizzou. What about you? Upload a photo of you, your family, your dog—whatever—displaying your college colors. When …
The following mug shots were taken from various Patch crime reports between Aug. 11-17.
Information for Mugs in the News is provided by the St. Charles County and St. Louis County law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.
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12:17 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
I agree that the economy plays into the surge in certain crimes. But if you take any one of these people in the mug shots shown here, and look them up on the link below. You will see that most a repeat offenders. https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do more ›
The following mug shots were taken from various Patch crime reports in St. Charles County and St. Louis County between Aug. 4-10.
Information for Mugs in the News is provided by the St. Charles County and St. Louis County law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.
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Mike K
2:12 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Not to mention going 4 times over budget, and billing full time for a "crisis assignment", or that billing invoices from Casey specifically note items on 2/25/13 *BEFORE* the City was even authorized to contract with them for services. City Manager Bookout was in talks with Casey, authorizing activity, and approved payment for billing entries without prior authorization by the council or a … more ›