Longtime Kirkwood resident Liz McCane is proof that it’s never too late to try something different, set new goals and do what you once considered impossible.

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In two months, local and state voters will face a full ballot of primary candidates for the Nov. 3 race for U.S. President. Democrats will have the largest field from which to choose in the March 10 primary.

What? You haven’t heard of Wattpad? Let the loquacious Michelle Oyola tell you all about this internet phenom headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It’s a platform designed for aspiring writers to publish short stories, poetry and non-fiction. 

The year 2019 proved to be a pretty contentious time — even without state or national elections. The Mailbag of the Webster-Kirkwood Times proudly published many passion-filled letters.

With their tiny bucket-shaped heads and flamboyantly hued plastic torsos, Lego Minifigures are quietly taking over the world.

The owners of the century-old house at 324 N. Taylor Ave. plan to tear it down and replace it with a modern brick structure — not an uncommon story in Kirkwood these days.

History was made on June 12, 2019.

They were the little train tracks that could. Could do what? The Kirkwood-Carondelet rail line once routed freight around St. Louis City and also delivered a U.S. President to his home, which is now the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village.

It’s an unlikely scenario: hotel tycoon befriends nuns and together they build a cultural center for a major Midwest city. Allen Carl Larson has put this story together and he’s had the documents to authenticate the tale for almost five decades.

Boozy hot chocolate, snakeskin items, discounts and prizes await local shoppers Nov. 30 at this year’s Small Business Saturday.

If you are among the untold thousands of twice-bitten St. Louis-area football fans who still seek a team to root for — four years after the Rams returned to Los Angeles and three decades after the Cardinals winged off for Arizona — you might want to stop in some Sunday afternoon at 8169 Big …

Fun for the entire family awaits at Downtown Kirkwood’s Holiday Walk on Saturday, Nov. 23. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., activities for children, holiday shopping, free entertainment and refreshments will make this day a festive way to begin celebrating the holiday season.

When a school district has hosted a presidential visit and been featured on the cover of a national news magazine, a sesquicentennial milestone may seem almost anticlimactic.

A Missouri American Water project on Marshall Avenue in Webster Groves should be completed no later than early December. The work has caused ongoing traffic problems and concerns for the safety of children attending Avery Elementary School on North Bompart Avenue.

The “White Rat,” aka Whitey Herzog of Sunset Hills, is back. The beloved manager of the 1980s St. Louis Cardinals is teaming up with Rainbows for Kids to help families dealing with the crisis of children facing serious illness and related health issues.

Children love dogs and, in their exuberance, will sometimes give them some unwanted attention.

A landmark in Kirkwood, the United Missouri Bank building (UMB), may be on the chopping block. As the Times went to press on Wednesday evening, the Kirkwood Planning and Zoning Commission was slated on Nov. 6 to take up a plan for a 178-unit high-rise apartment complex for the bank site.

If you’re “gonna take a sentimental journey,” you could hardly do better than two upcoming open houses at the Kirkwood Train Station this month. Local architect Donald Hussman will give a presentation on the past, present and future of Kirkwood’s railroad icon.

Sixteen years ago, social studies teacher Terry Verstraete invited St. Louis-area military veterans to speak to students at Webster Groves High School. Since then, the school has welcomed veterans each year around Veterans Day to share their stories and answer questions.

Area residents have a lot to keep tabs on when it comes to changes in how they might be governed in the future. Three different entities could have a major impact on local government.