Gabrielle Biondo is the Local Editor for the Town and Country - Manchester Patch website. She's also a St. Louis native with more than a decade of news experience. Immediately out of college she worked in advertising and marketing in St. Louis. Her passion for news then took her to Central Illinois and Idaho before she made it back to her hometown in 2006. Biondo began her news career by moving across the country to take a broadcasting job with the NBC affiliate in Pocatello, Idaho in 2000 where she was a news anchor and reporter. In 2002, Biondo returned to the Midwest, taking a position with the ABC/NBC affiliate in central Illinois. There she was a reporter and news anchor where she created, produced and anchored a daily morning and noon newscast. In 2006 Biondo returned to St. Louis as an online news producer, on-air reporter and part-time anchor for KPLR News. She continued her online news producing as the Senior Online News Editor for St. Louis' Globe-Democrat.com where she helped build the company newsroom and website. She joined Patch.com in September 2010 and is excited about the concept of hyper-local news. She's thrilled to be working where she lived as a child and is eager to meet and work with the people who make Town and Country and Manchester two very unique and amazing communities.
Westminster graduate and West County native Grady Powell was featured in the NBC of 'Stars Earn Stripes' Monday night. Did you watch it?
Westminster graduate and West County native Grady Powell was featured in the NBC of 'Stars Earn Stripes' Monday night. Did you watch it?
Diane Hertlein, former Town and Country mayor and aldermen, reportedly passed away recently. A moment of silence was held for her Monday night.
MoDOT is opening lanes on Route 141 in West County between St. Luke's Hospital and Olive Boulevard Monday, but Parkway students will take a detour Tuesday when classes start.
Manchester police report one resident had more than $2,000 worth of property stolen while out of town, another had cars vandalized while on vacation.
Thieves target local gas stations where they're filling up and driving off. The following information was supplied by the Manchester Police Department.
Manchester police say a K-9 was called in and two people were arrested in connection to the mobile meth found in the back of a car.
Thieves target cars, Walmart and Kohls in this most recent Manchester police blotter.
Manchester City Attorney Patrick Gunn and his family were featured in a recent SLU law school article. Read the article in full here.
Concerns over traffic are voiced as plans for a private school, the Raintree Learning Community, are considered by the City of Town and Country.
Town and Country no longer categorizes pitbulls as "vicious" dogs. In fact, the city completely removed its vicious dog ordinance Monday night.
MoDOT is opening lanes on Route 141 in West County between St. Luke's Hospital and Olive Boulevard Monday, but Parkway students will take a detour Tuesday when classes start.
MoDOT is opening lanes on Route 141 in West County between St. Luke's Hospital and Olive Boulevard Monday, but Parkway students will take a detour Tuesday when classes start.
A recent feature story on Westminster volleyball player Mitch Penning pegs the senior as a potential future Olympian.
The Parkway School District will install more than 3,200 solar panels beginning August 20 with Barretts Elementary School in Manchester.
The Parkway School District will install more than 3,200 solar panels beginning August 20 with Barretts Elementary School in Manchester.
Changing the city's vicious dog ordinance is up for a vote at Monday night's Town and Country Board of Aldermen meeting.
The West County EMS and Fire Protection District board is reviewing candidates, while former fire chief David Frazier Jr. tells Patch he found out he was no longer chief the day the board voted on the change.
A West County fire marshal sends out an alert about drug shortages for emergency crews and is only expected to get worse.
Manchester police say a juvenile was recognized in surveillance video that captured vandalism at the Manchester Aquatic Center.
