Des Peres News

Campers waiting in Des Peres to board buses to camp on Thursday had to show they were "fever-free" before they could get on the bus.

It wouldn't be July 4 without the traditional fireworks displays and related festivities held in Kirkwood and Webster Groves.

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is in the midst of traveling to several parishes to celebrate four masses since his installation as the head of the Archdiocese of St.

The heavy downpours of the past two days gave St. Louis soggy cover from a gathering heat wave across much of the South.

CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE FISHING PHOTOS AT DES PERES PARK Tim Buening of Kirkwood with his 3-year-old son, Griffin, show off the big catch reeled in by Tim's daughter, Kylie, age 7. The anglers got an early start on Father's Day by taking part in a Youth Fishing Derby held June 13 at Des Peres Park.

Off-duty Sunset Hills police officer Christine Miller was drinking at O'Leary's Restaurant and Bar during the hours prior to the March 21 auto collision in Des Peres that killed four and injured another.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged Christine Lynn Miller, the off-duty Sunset Hills police officer involved in a March 21 collision that killed four people and injured another, with four felony counts of involuntary manslaughter and a single felony count of assault in the second degree.

Torrential downpours overnight prompt more evacuation notices. City workers in Ladue were out early Tuesday morning alerting residents who live along these creeks that the waters were rising.

Heavy rains Monday morning led to yet more flash flooding across the St. Louis region.

Firefighters evacuated about two dozens homes in the St. Louis suburb of University City as a precaution after heavy rains hit the area.

Homes close to River Des Peres have water roaring through their yards Monday morning.

This is the red 1997 Honda Accord EX four door sedan that Christine Miller, 41, of Kirkwood, a Sunset Hills police officer hit.

Christine Miller, 41, a Sunset Hills police officer, was charged Tuesday with four counts of manslaughter and one count of assault for an accident she caused while off duty on March 21, 2009.

Police are working to identify a man's body found floating in the River Des Peres on Sunday.

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For the flood-weary, water-logged residents of Wilson Avenue, there was a rainbow after all in last week's destructive deluge and latest round of mud and flooding of their homes.

BY JAKE WAGMAN jwagman@post-dispatch.com> 314-622-3580 and Tim logan tlogan@post-dispatch.com> 314-340-8291 05/31/2009 st.

Christy Sullivan of Kirkwood takes a spin on the slide opening day at the Kirkwood Family Aquatic Center.

Several homes in a St. Louis suburb were damaged by flash flooding from the latest round of storms.

Today's Lutherans need to speak out about life issues more than ever, especially in a culture that has "turned killing into caring," says Dr.