Berkeley officials want to buy the former Berkeley Junior High School, above, for $1 from the Ferguson-Florissant School District. A preschool program is currently operating in the building. The city wants to use the building for a city hall and community center to bring all the city's departments under one roof. The existing city hall, right, is too small, city officials say.
Berkeley to push cleanup of airport-owned property - City Manager Nancy Shevey was instructed to contact the proper airport official to get the vacated properties cleaned up. There are two proposals for redevelopment of the properties: to use the lower end for active recreation and the upper end for a picnic and airport viewing area or to put the acreage to light-industrial use.
Ronald Droney's house at 3226 Chaucer Ave. was a perfect spot for Breckenridge Hills residents to talk about flooding and property loss with a representative from the Metropolitan Sewer District. On Aug. 8, stormwater had crashed through Droney's basement wall, depositing tons of dirt and ruining his furnace and water heater.
Victims of recent flooding in Breckenridge Hills talk with a Metropolitan Sewer District representative while a workman repairs flood damage at the home of Ronald Droney, 3226 Chaucer Ave.
Miss Bonnie Rasmussen, chairperson of Planning and Zoning for Brentwood and Mrs. Berry Lane dialog during Tuesday night meeting - Mayor J. Marvin Shelton stands at left rear.
The Ballwin Fire Protection District officially opened Engine House No. 3 Sunday at Manchester Road and Missouri 109 in Grover. The building was designed to be energy efficient, it has eight bays for firefighting equipment, two for maintenance, a maintenance shop, living and exercise rooms for firefighters and paramedics and space for district headquarters. The district serves a 57.5 acre area
The Roosevelt Federal Savings & Loan Building off U.S. 40 at Olive Boulevard in Chesterfield is a formidable addition to the West St. Louis County skyline. The six-story headquarters building is being constructed at a cost of $7.1 million.
Thurmond Cooper is one o the many Clarksville business people supporting OTSL in its effort to stage "The Beggar's Opera". Photograph shows a man placing the poster on the window of a store.
The Apple Shed, on the edge of Clarksville, will be the setting for the September performances of the satirical opera, The Beggar's Opera put on by the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
Burned Out Basement - Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Charles Mills, left, holds a plate containing three cookies and a snack cake found near an apparently abandoned boy who was rescued from a basement fire Tuesday. Police say the boy, who was found unconscious at the foot of the steps, right, is in a coma and remains in critical condition. Police have charged the boy's mother with abandonment.
William H. Gantz (right), Principal in the firm of Henderson Gantz Architects of St. Louis, points out features of the executive conference center designed as part of the $24,000,000 Breckenridge Inn and Conference Center to be built in Chesterfield, Missouri.
Gas Explosion - Raymond Parmer, 6, eats and drinks in the Red Cross center which was established after the gas explosions. The kids were released from school early. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parmer.