It was July when I disembarked from the small ship in Russian America. The year was 1947 and the land is now called Alaska, meaning “great land” in the language of the native Aleuts. This territory...
What started as a dream slowly became reality for the Fox girls soccer team as the Warriors upended Oakville 1-0 last week in the Missouri Class 4, District 2 semifinals. Fox later fell to Cor Jesu Academy...
In just their first season of competition, the Oakville girls water polo team reached the state championship game, where they dropped an 18-11 decision to Marquette earlier this month.
Oakville (7-2)...
March. The third month. The month named after Mars, the Roman god of war. What does the month mean to you?
For some it is the beginning of spring. For the Irish among us, it is the time of the St....
During a thunderstorm in February 1911, lightning struck the Missouri Capitol dome. The ensuing fire destroyed much of the building.
When the Capitol building was reconstructed, the decorating committee...
December! The days grow shorter and colder. As a child I lived in a coal mining camp in Alaska where the temperatures dropped to the negative double digits and the days were very short.
It was...
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He came home from football practice complaining of feeling unwell. During the evening he got progressively worse and the doctor was called. The diagnosis was polio.
He was rushed to the hospital...
For the first time since the long-delayed fall football season started Oct. 9, Mehlville hosted a home football game Oct. 16 — but the Panthers suffered a 54-17 setback to Eureka under the glow of Friday...
Local high school football fans deprived of a regularly scheduled season have been patiently waiting for a return to normalcy, and they finally received it last week as Oakville hosted rival Mehlville.
Mehlville...
Labor Day and September always mark the end of summer. A new beginning.
When I was young, a new school year began the day after Labor Day.
One of my granddaughters is in eighth grade. I tell her to study...
