Claire Heser, a kindergarten student at Avery Elementary in the Webster Groves School District, is greeted Tuesday morning, the first day of school, by Avery Super Principal Kevin Starks. When actors who were to portray superheroes backed out at the last minute, staff at Avery stepped in and…

Developing a digital app that generates metrics for fast-food drive-thru times. Establishing a shop that makes sports equipment more accessible for youngsters. Creating a new line of clothing.

Kirkwood resident Ron Evens likes neckties. So much so that he has over 500 ties in the collection that he started in the early 1970s.

This twelve-spotted skimmer is common to southern Canada and all 48 of the contiguous United States. The dragonfly, photographed in a Webster Groves front yard garden, is easily recognized by three brown spots on each of its four wings. Males, as shown above, display white spots between the …