USA Today names Peggy Winckowski as one of its Women of the Year. She helped her grandson's friends grieve after his death, and the relationships have endured.
Joey Chianese, who has bought more than 150 properties in St. Louis in recent years, peddles "contracts for deed" that offer no chance to build equity and put buyers on hook for repairs.
But neighbors say such a facility would be out-of-place in their quiet subdivisions. And area officials worry about the precedent set by allowing a gym to open in a residential community.
Some smaller river basins in the St. Louis area remain at or near flood stage after a wet stretch of weather, with local flood warnings continuing Sunday along portions of the Meramec River and Big River.