“So she decided to try again. ‘Legs forward, legs back, legs forward, legs back.’ With her chanting, the swing began to move, slowly at first, then faster until her toes touched the clouds and she could see all of the playground below.”
Since the age of 4, DemBari Taneh has been dancing. Copying what he saw in hip hop films, the Kirkwood High School student would attend parties with his mother and show off his moves to other attendees. The older he got, the better a dancer he became, and earlier this month, Taneh was able t…
From a global pandemic to an unprecedented attack on the United States Postal Service, 2020 has already proven to be a year of political unrest. In May, another layer was added with the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose fatal treatment by police in Minnesota refreshed flames under the…
Fresh off a story about flooding and pollution on the Upper Mississippi River, photojournalist Randall Hyman of Kirkwood is using a journalism award to fund an investigation into travails of the Navajo fighting oil companies wanting a piece of their native lands.
We at the Webster-Kirkwood Times are grateful for the community support shown in recent months. The contributors named below have either contributed via an annual contribution envelope placed in home-delivered newspapers in March or by contributions via PayPal and other means since that time…
Barb Ehnes of Kirkwood is using her mask to spread an important message: VOTE! Tuesday, Aug. 4, is Election Day in St. Louis County. For those voting in person today, remember to wear a mask to your local polling place. Masks are mandatory at most polling places./photo submitted by Barb Ehnes
In a time of pandemic, masks, social distancing and high anxiety, Debra Mack Larson returns us to a kinder, gentler interlude of paper dolls, pink dresses and nurturing mothers. The 1969 Kirkwood High School graduate accomplishes this with her new book, “Pink Satin Sashes.”
The model trains are on the track and the engines are fired up again at the Webster Groves Frisco Depot, but the Big Bend Railroad Club is in desperate need of donations.
Think you can rock a mask? Help us spread the word about how to keep yourself — and others — safe during the pandemic! The Times wants YOUR mask selfies and pictures!
Webster Groves High School student Gabriella Ramirez, 16, and her mother, Deanna Ramirez, decided to walk every single street in Webster Groves given the extra time they had in light of the pandemic. They were also interested in seeing the architectural diversity of the homes in Webster Grov…
Wherever you happen to be on Monday, June 29, Buzzing Love invites you to practice random (or not-so-random) acts of kindness on its annual “Buzzing Love Day.”
Steve Logue, the father of a special needs son named Casey, wants you to know a kid with an extra chromosome can bring a family lots of happiness. Down syndrome can actually be “a real upper” for a family.
Barb Ehnes of Kirkwood is using her mask to spread an important message: VOTE! Tuesday, Aug. 4, is Election Day in St. Louis County. For those voting in person today, remember to wear a mask to your local polling place. Masks are mandatory at most polling places./photo submitted by Barb Ehnes
In a time of pandemic, masks, social distancing and high anxiety, Debra Mack Larson returns us to a kinder, gentler interlude of paper dolls, pink dresses and nurturing mothers. The 1969 Kirkwood High School graduate accomplishes this with her new book, “Pink Satin Sashes.”
The model trains are on the track and the engines are fired up again at the Webster Groves Frisco Depot, but the Big Bend Railroad Club is in desperate need of donations.
Think you can rock a mask? Help us spread the word about how to keep yourself — and others — safe during the pandemic! The Times wants YOUR mask selfies and pictures!
Webster Groves High School student Gabriella Ramirez, 16, and her mother, Deanna Ramirez, decided to walk every single street in Webster Groves given the extra time they had in light of the pandemic. They were also interested in seeing the architectural diversity of the homes in Webster Grov…
Wherever you happen to be on Monday, June 29, Buzzing Love invites you to practice random (or not-so-random) acts of kindness on its annual “Buzzing Love Day.”
Steve Logue, the father of a special needs son named Casey, wants you to know a kid with an extra chromosome can bring a family lots of happiness. Down syndrome can actually be “a real upper” for a family.
Note: Updated on Tuesday, June 30, to include information about money raised for charity at the author's book signing event.
There’s a Webster-Kirkwood Times bias in Jim Merkel’s new book, “Growing Up in St. Louis: Looking Back Through the Decades.” The bias is evident in the number of people from the Times’ area that he chooses as sources.
Webster-Kirkwood Times reader Kelly Patrick captured this photo of the beautiful double rainbow that appeared above the Webster Groves Frisco Train Station on Big Bend Boulevard after the rain Thursday evening (May 28). Thank you so much for sharing, Kelly!
People are sheltering in place during the 2020 pandemic for good reason, but on May 23 it might be nice to come out of your shell to celebrate World Turtle Day. It’s the 20th anniversary of this annual event that was founded by American Tortoise Rescue.
Long before there was Captain 11 commanding a cartoon showboat on St. Louis television in the 1960’s, a real steamboat captain named Richard J. Lockwood lived in St. Louis. He had a summer home in Webster Groves and came to St. Louis before the Civil War.
Though COVID-19 has affected the landscape of nearly all American businesses, arguably no industry has been harder hit than that of hospitality. Food service establishments in particular are struggling to stay afloat in an environment where it’s not only unadvisable, but also illegal, to lea…
The Missouri Department of Conservation announced that Peanut the Turtle is back at Powder Valley Nature Center in Kirkwood after undergoing a recent surgery at the Saint Louis Zoo. The procedure was performed by the Zoo’s assistant director of animal health, Dr. Chris Hanley, and veterinary…
Chris Roberts of Kirkwood was lamenting the loss of his usual spring marathons last weekend when he decided to bring the marathon home to himself.
A little reminder to "Keep Smiling" and that "All You Need Is Love" from a home in Webster Groves./photo by Times photographer Ursula Ruhl
It seemed Kirkwood teen Joanna Serenko’s journey on “The Voice” was all but over when a last-minute steal from the judges kept in her in the popular singing competition.
For Kirkwood photographer Sarah Hobler, there’s magic in the everyday.
University City resident Julius Hunter wants St. Louisans to consider the unexpected togetherness brought by COVID-19 a blessing in disguise.
We caught the Easter Bunny hopping around Webster Groves this morning!
I am outraged that the current state legislators are trying to bypass the clear will of Missouri voters for "Clean Missouri", by weasel wording and resubmitting it as Amendment 3. Senator Hegeman (R) and his committee are insulting us to think that they can sneak this by, or keep putting it …
Great to hear that the Webster-Kirkwood Times will begin publishing a printed newspaper on Sept. 25! It was a "must read" every Friday in my household for thirty-two years. Each week it sat on the coffee table so my wife and I could refer to the calendar during the week.
The September 15, 2020 edition featured a complaint from a reader that Don Corrigan’s editorial — dated Sept. 3, 2020, entitled “McCloskeys, Politicians & The True Believers,” — overstepped its bound by inappropriately injecting personal bias and opinion into the newspaper.
Don Corrigan, your editorial in last week's WK-Times is a bit beyond the pale. You are using the paper here as your personal bully pulpit to advance your own politics.
