This issue of the Webster-Kirkwood Times may look a lot like the familiar Times that ceased print publication at the end of March. But it is really something new.

I read Tony Messenger’s column in the Wednesday, July 29, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It was about a West County Facebook group that only allowed participants who agreed with the objective of the…

Oh, say can you see, what complications we bring to Independence Day 2020?

Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 21.

So here we are again. Pent-up anger has been unleashed. One stupid and callous act, caught on camera, rips off the bandages from unhealed wounds left over from other confrontations between ove…

Many of you have seen the news. The Webster-Kirkwood Times is going dark. At least for now. We will maintain an online presence for the coming month at minimum as we evaluate the future of the…

Six words can start a conversation.

The first part of this column was first published on Feb. 14, 2003.

It’s been about eight years since a dog last lived at my house. And Molly, the Boston Terrier in my house today,  is only there for a week while her owners are on vacation.

It is hard for me to believe that it has already been 20 years since we welcomed with celebration and trepidation a new millennium. No, our computers did not crash. The lights stayed on. And h…

Home.

It is time for that annual reminder: Remember to shop local first!

Local libraries have archived issues of the four decades of Webster-Kirkwood Times. In our offices, we have a jumble of file cabinets in several different rooms that are at least intended to c…

Walt Whitman’s legacy lives on as one of America’s best-known poets. He was born 200 years ago on Long Island, New York. His poetry, his life and his St. Louis connections are being celebrated…

September is that busy month of local festivals. Summer is still with us and autumn not far away.