Thomas Sappington House Resident Manager Sally Cakouros walks past pieces of the Joseph Sappington Cabin’s roof during its dismantling Sept. 13.

Three-time Stanley Cup champion and South County’s very own Pat Maroon paid a visit to his alma mater at Oakville High School, donning an OHS hockey jersey in September 2021. Maroon won his third Stanley Cup championship this year with the Tampa Bay Lightning, after winning with them in 2020, and of course helping propel the St. Louis Blues to their very first Stanley Cup in 2019.

Crestwood Elementary surprised Mr. DC with a socially-distanced parade and celebration Friday, Sept. 4, 2021, for winning 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year.

Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department redirect traffic on Heege Road after a chemical fire at the Manor Chemical Company in Affton closed a portion of Heege for part of the afternoon April 29, 2021. One firefighter was injured while fighting the fire.

Intensive care nurse Nicole Boyer speaks with reporters after being one of the first 20 nurses at Mercy Hospital South to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Boyer, who works in the ICU, has seen 'the worst of the worst' of COVID-19 cases.

About 60 protesters with a range of colorful signs lined both sides of Gravois Road in Affton June 6, 2020, to show support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ and against racism.

About 60 protesters with a range of colorful signs lined both sides of Gravois Road in Affton June 6 to show support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ and against racism.

Lindbergh junior Maura Haegele, right, defends the ball from Mehlville sophomore Kailee Wisber in the district championship game May 15., 2019.

Battle High School student John BavInka, left, learns how to operate a telescope in Laws Observatory with a lesson from MU graduate student Sean Baldrige on May 7, 2017. The telescope is capable of tracking the sun's movement across the sky. 

Kyle Perry adds a Matsumoto Aster flower to a Mother's Day bouquet at Kent's Floral Gallery May 10, 2017, in Columbia. Perry has worked at Kent's for four years and says the best part of the job is "coming home smelling like roses."

Residents of St. Mary, Missouri, and other nearby communities filled sandbags to protect a house against rising flood water in May 2017. The town has been affected by two other floods — one in 1973 and one in 1993.

Battle High School goalie Amanda Brooks fails to block a penalty kick from Hannah Larson of Hickman High School in a cross-town soccer game in 2017. After being tied 1-1 in tow overtime periods, the Kewpies and the Spartans went into penalty kicks.

Dorothy Slaughter oversees her garden plot at the Live Well by Faith community garden while removing weeds and adding coffee grounds as fertilizer in April 2017. Slaughter learned all she knows about gardening from her mother when she was growing up. 

Matthew Dolan hangs up his weed wacker after cleaning out weeds from garden plots at the Columba Center for Urban Agriculture in 2017. The food grown by the CCUA is donated to food banks in Columbia. 

Jacob Rogers plays a round of pinball in March 2017 while Josh Noble, left, and Daniel Carpenter, center, await their turn. The Columbia Pinball League meets every Monday evening at Lazer Lanes to compete in league and tournament play

Missouri quarterback Micah Wilson, left, hands the ball off to running back Dawson Downing during the 2017 Black & Gold Game on April 15 at Memorial Stadium. Downing's father, Ken Downing, was a cornerback for MU during the early 1970s.

A plaster cast of the dome statue in the Missouri state Capitol is on display at the MU Museum of Art and Archaeology. American artist Sherry Fry created the sculpture in 1921, depicting Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. 

The Afsluitdijk connecting the provinces of North and South Holland in the Netherlands, March 2017.

Missouri Basketball head coach Kim Anderson embraces Russel Woods at the end of Missouri's game against Texas A&M during the last home game of the 2017 season. The Tigers lost to the Aggies 60-43. 

During the bar's Super Bowl party in 2017, patrons at Arch & Column watch the game. In addition to watching the game, patrons brought different dishes and snacks as part of a potluck hosted by the bar. 

Missouri forward Kevin Puryear and Alabama forward Bola Olaniyan prepare for a potential rebound following a Missouri free throw during a game at Mizzou Arena during the 2017 season.

The South Rim of the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, December 2014.