By Bill Milligan For the Call Oakville softball is in the habit of making the best of a bad situation this season. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, starting third baseman Amanda Fitzwilliam was in a car crash. On...

By Bill Milligan For the Call With 11 swimmers out for this year’s edition of the Mehlville swim team, head coach Tony Valentino views every team on the schedule as competition this season. That’s...

By BILL MILLIGAN For the Call Mehlville High School girls tennis head coach Jill Wojewuczki summed up the Panthers’ goals this season in one word. “Winning,” she said. But that proposition got...

Around the Kitchen By Bill Milligan For the Call  I’ve been thinking about porkchops in a blue cheese sauce ever since I noticed it on the menu when my son took my wife and I out to a sports bar...

By Bill Milligan For the Call While I was on the bum in Mexico I became familiar with jicama. Street vendors and the Mexican equivalent of drive-thru restaurants would sell them julienned and sprinkled...

By Bill Milligan For the Call Sunset Hills Mayor Pat Fribis has been associated with city government for 35 of her 39 years as a resident. Her first involvement in politics was when she went door-to-door...

By Bill Milligan For the Call Judy Holley is anything but an ordinary woman. You might call her an ordinary hero who truly wants to make a difference with the young children of her community. The day...

By Bill Milligan For the Call In south county’s own version of the movie “Fighting with My Family,” a female wrestler at Mehlville High School is trailblazing her way through competition after...

By Bill Milligan For the Call wmilligan@callnewspapers.com Enid Chandler Barnes has been a volunteer at the Sappington House in Crestwood for the past 50 years, and today she’s working to get back...

By Bill Milligan For the Call My wife grew up in Cincinnati and it’s easy to get her thinking about the folks back home — just make a pot of this chili. I never understood why people in Cincinnati...