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Despite the fact that his kidneys haven't worked well since he was a teenager and are getting worse, Jim Shoffstall feels blessed.

Three area Girl Scouts recently earned the highest honor offered in Girl Scouting.

What was formerly a vacant lot eyesore is on its way to looking nicer thanks to an Eagle Scout project overseen by Jordan Haar.

When O'Fallon Township High School graduate Matt Leeper broke his hip parachuting out of an Army C-5 transport plane, his dream career as a U.S. Army Ranger appeared to be over.

Real men may not eat quiche, but many cannot resist buying Pat Barhorst's hand-crocheted doilies.

Boy Scouts across the region collected donations Saturday as part of their annual Scouting for Food event.

The Land of Oz, pirate ships, castles, penguins, quilts and carousels shared tables with the more traditional gingerbread houses Sunday afternoon in Belleville.

At age 11, Heather Lee, of Shiloh, is a junior businesswoman.

Cosmetic surgery staff and surgeons at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital joined forces in the fight against Breast Cancer by wearing pink in support of Breast Cancer awareness month in October.

Southern University Edwardsville hosted an annual banquet for civil service employees at the Edwardsville Moose Lodge.

The Highland Optimist Club honored student leaders Monday.

Members of Immaculate Conception Parish in Columbia gathered in October to celebrate the progress of their new church, which will begin construction in 2009.

You'd expect Taylor Horace to get a little nervous jumping 3-foot-high fences on a 1,200-pound horse while spectators watch from bleachers.

Derreck Engle isn't as much of a showman as his father, longtime Avery Hill Band leader Shorty Engle.

Happy, the dog, is getting another chance to live up to his name.