Webster-Kirkwood Times

5 days ago | timesnewspapers.com | Rob Rains

Monday’s Game Report: Cardinals 8, Cubs 2By Rob Rains It had been close to five years since the Cardinals had a game like they enjoyed Monday night in the opener of their four-game series against the division-leading Cubs at Busch Stadium. That game against the Tigers on Sept. 10, 2020 was the last time the Cardinals hit four two-run homers and the blasts on Monday night sent them to the win over the Cubs.

6 days ago | timesnewspapers.com | Leslie Gibson McCarthy

In November 2019, Tom and I drove to Chicago to watch our oldest son, Matt, get sworn in as an attorney for the state of Illinois. He had just started working at a Chicago law firm and was living in the iconic Marina Towers on the Chicago River. After a celebratory lunch, I remember dropping him at his apartment thinking, “Well, he’s launched.” A mom’s work is never done, of course, so it was comforting to know if he ever needed us, Chicago was just five hours away.

6 days ago | timesnewspapers.com | Rob Rains

By Rob RainsMEMPHIS – One of the time-trusted statements that people make about baseball is that it’s the same game, no matter the level of play. The game might be the same, but there is one important element of the game that is different between Double A and Triple A. Young pitchers such as Cardinals prospects Tekoah Roby and Quinn Mathews have found that out as they moved up from Springfield to Memphis. What’s different? The baseball.

1 week ago | timesnewspapers.com | Rob Rains

By Rob RainsSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Leonardo Bernal had a rather unconventional reason to start switch-hitting when he was a young boy growing up in Panama. That reason? He was too good as a right-handed hitter, at least when it came to playing against his younger brother Jose in the backyard of the family’s home. Bernal was dominating every game that they played, using a baseball made out of paper and tape and “short” bats.

1 week ago | timesnewspapers.com | Jaime Mowers

A Webster Groves woman has been charged with stealing nearly $30,000 from a federal assistance program. Shanae Mooring, 34, of the first block of West Waymire in Webster, was charged May 8 with a felony for stealing $29,400 in benefits fromthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The program provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families to help purchase food.