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.
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Town and Country aldermen may vote on a new trail, temporary housing for fire crews and the Fire and Ice event Monday night. View full agenda here.
The St. Louis Rams will hold one of their three hosting high school football player development camps at Parkway Central High School this week.
A few permanent work zones will still see activity.
The 9-hole golf competition in the St. Louis Senior Olympics took place Friday at the Creve Coeur Golf Course.
That's a question asked at a recent Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting as a result of Manchester's dissatisfaction with MoDOT's maintenance of land along Highway 141.
Local cancer doctor sentenced and ordered to pay more than $1 million for purchasing misbranded cancer treatment drugs, according to prosecutors.
The Associated Press reports the state of Missouri is spending $1,000 to guard the controversial talk show host's bust in the Hall of Famous Missourians.
Town and Country police warn residents to watch for an alleged burglary suspect and his accomplice. They're reportedly burglarizing West County homes during the day and have hit Town and Country at least twice.
Demetrie Thomas is now charged in connection to the incident where he allegedly assaulted a woman in a Town and Country neighborhood and tried to rob her.
A person wanted in Town and Country gets caught for speeding and a rottweiler sends a jogger to the hospital in this most recent edition of Manchester police blotter.
One man is in jail after stealing from two Manchester homes earlier this month, according to police.
Parkway South student, Edward Lu, received an all-expenses-paid study trip to Germany this summer.
Here are today's lowest reported gas prices.
Here are today's lowest reported gas prices.
Here are today's lowest reported gas prices.
Police said a second person has been arrested in connection to the ambush and fatal shooting of a Parkway South High School graduate from the Ballwin area.
A second person is in jail, charged in connection to the ambush, shooting and killing of a former Parkway South graduate from Ballwin.
Alderman voted and approved the appointment of Andrew Hixson as Manchester's new city administrator and establish his salary Monday.
Manchester aldermen are unhappy with the way MoDOT is cutting its grass along Highway 141. They say it's dangerous and they're asking state leaders for help.
