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Sheri is the editor of the new Webster Groves Patch. She began her career with the company as a freelance writer in September 2010 and was hired as an associate editor in February 2011.
Sheri has more than 16 years of experience covering local news. She's written hundreds of stories for Patch, the <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch </i>and the<i> Suburban Journals, </i>mainly focusing on local government and education news, features and events.
She also worked as a general assignment reporter/weekend weather anchor at WHBF-TV (Ch. 4) in Rock Island, IL, and created and launched a cable news station for the City of Black Jack, MO.
Additionally, her background includes experience in public relations, event marketing and advertising sales. She has served on a number of local chamber of commerce boards and committees.
In her very limited spare time, Sheri enjoys spending time with family and friends, gardening, cooking, reading, crossword puzzles, live music and the arts. She lives in Affton with her two mini black-and-tan dachshunds, Frazier and Daphne, and her cat Niles.
Do you agree that parents don't do enough to help raise their kids properly? That's what a few of our readers think about several different topics.

More detailed information on age, race, family types and housing is now available on Ballwin and Ellisville.
Rockwood School District and other area school officials hope the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts. It goes back into court May 31.
Faces of Freedom Fighters is hosting a parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families.
Parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families will make its way through Town and Country.
School officials are hoping the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
School officials from Rockwood and Parkway are hoping the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
Parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families will circle St. Louis on several major highways on May 30.
Parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families will begin in Fenton and end in High Ridge.
School officials from Mehlville and around the county hope the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
Parkway remains in "wait and see" mode as the lower courts review the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
School officials from Clayton and Brentwood are hoping the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts. The Missouri General Assembly failed to pass legislation tied to the case.
School officials from Clayton and Brentwood hope the lower courts will resolve the issue of how students from unaccredited districts are accepted into neighboring districts.
Homeowners south of Highway 40 will save between $30 and $52 a year when the county’s new waste hauler contracts begin Oct. 3.
Homeowners south of Highway 40 will save between $30 and $52 a year when the county’s new waste hauler contracts begin Oct. 3.
Homeowners south of Highway 40 will save between $30 and $52 a year when the county’s new waste hauler contracts begin Oct. 3.
Homeowners south of Highway 40 will save between $30 and $52 a year when the county’s new waste hauler contracts begin Oct. 3.
Homeowners south of Highway 40 will save between $30 and $52 a year when the county’s new waste hauler contracts begin Oct. 3.
Parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families will begin in Fenton and end in High Ridge.
Emily Schoen, of Florissant, won third place in the tournament's Junior Division, which included players from eight states.