Military

While the military installation in Missouri’s Ozarks 140 miles southwest of St. Louis serves three meals every day, the Thanksgiving dinner is its biggest and most meaningful of the year.

Starting at the barge terminal near Fayetteville — about 15 miles southeast of Belleville — the pipeline would run roughly 16 miles north to deliver fuel to the Metro East base.

Military medical providers serve alongside the patients they treat on a daily basis. It’s a unique way to practice medicine, and it can come with unique challenges.

Boot orders from the U.S. Department of Defense have helped keep Belleville Shoe in business since at least World War II.

Grafton’s mayor said the city has raised about $130,000 so far. If the city meets its goals, it will finish the new memorial, museum and plaza in the next four years.

The goal of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project of St. Louis is to help transition homeless veterans to permanent housing.

Capt. Eleanor “Ellie” Cooke was one of two pilots. “We’re very proud of her, and by giving her life, she saved 20 other people,” Cooke's mother said.

Headquartered at the Metro East base, the command will assume the role from the Defense Logistics Agency.

The new federal law’s backers say it will cut red tape so spouses can continue their careers without interruption. But it’s not clear yet exactly how the law will work or how states will comply.

The box sits just outside Scott Elementary School, located adjacent to the base's southwest corner.