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Louise is Looking For a Loving Home
Looking for a new furry friend? The St. Louis County Animal Care and Control shelter in Olivette has plenty of dogs and cats searching for a new home.

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.
Looking for a new furry friend? The St. Louis County Animal Care and Control shelter in Olivette has plenty of dogs and cats searching for a new home.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: One parent explains his discovery of why the timing of Proposition S is what it is for the Rockwood School District. "What I learned (Wednesday) was sobering."
The following is an introduction to a six-part blog series for which this Rockwood School District parent hopes other readers will join in with reactions, questions and comments. "My instinct tells me; yes, RSD is under attack."
Manchester police make arrests after recent alleged shoplifting incidents, plus they're searching for a suspect who threw a rock through a car window.
Manchester police are investigating reports of recents thefts.
Town and Country police are alerting residents to recent thefts from cars, including car break-ins at the Town and Country Crossing shopping center.
St. Louis County police reach out to residents to help them file police reports after claims of identity theft continue coming in connected to a possible issue at Schnucks stores. A Facebook page for this situation is shared in this article.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "The community has demonstrated its commitment to the Rockwood R-VI School District. It is time for the Rockwood R-VI School District to demonstrate its commitment to the community."
The city is considering spending approximately $16 million on projects, including road improvements, and the work will likely begin in coming months.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Don’t let a small, angry group control your public schools. Go to the polls and vote to pass Prop S and support current members of our School Board," says a Chesterfield parent in this recent 'Letter to t
Police report two bad checks were cashed at Lindell bank in one day.
Kirkwood police believe the thieves are connected to crimes in Illinois and Wisconsin, plus authorities are trying to determine how locked-up computer accessories disappeared from another local business.
Kirkwood police are investigating a number of recent thefts from unlocked cars. In one instance, thieves targeted multiple cars in one night.
Kirkwood police are investigating after a man has his car keys stolen from a locked locker, then finds they were used to steal his wallet from his car.
The City of Manchester is alerting residents that the snow has impacted trash pick-up, but advises residents it's being collected about one day late and they should set their trash out.
Kirkwood resident Joe Whitnall is concerned about recent pay increases for Kirkwood School District teachers. He wrote the following Letter to the Editor voicing his concerns.
Schnucks is hiring for all of its St. Louis area stores. The job fair is Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Ladue Crossing Shopping Center store.
MoDOT celebrated one century of operation in March. How much do you know about the transportation department?
Visitation Academy and Parkway West High School were named as having some of St. Louis' favorites in a recent St. Louis Magazine poll.
Kirkwood police are also investigating a recent report of destruction of property.