Daily Dose: Road Closures, Chili Cookoff

Yesterday was full of rain, today the sun is expected to shine in the afternoon warming us up to a high of 47°F by 4 p.m. according to weather.com.

Now here is some news from the neighborhood:

• St. Louis Post Dispatch wrote about the continued investigation into the disappearance of nine-year-old Scott Kleeschulte who went missing in June 1988. Investigators from St. Charles recently obtained a search warrant for a home on Leverenz Drive but found nothing, according to the article.

• Our friends at have spent some time out in St. Charles lately. Tim Ezell visited the where the executive chef showed him how to cook scallops properly. Ezell also stopped by See a photo of them on the Tintypery's Facebook page.

• Heads up: If you are planning to attend the in St. Charles this weekend, remember that on-street parking will be prohibited from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 28 between Jefferson and Monroe on North Main.

• is hosting a chili cookoff on Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m. in the new fellowship hall. Tickets are $5.

• KSDK followed up with Craig Schneider and the organizers of the parade to welcome home the men and women who served in Iraq which is scheduled for Saturday. The organizers are looking for people who want to help read the names of those who died in Iraq on Friday night starting at 9:11 p.m.

• The Selby Times in Yorkshire, England wrote a feature on Ross MacGregor, a nationally ranked bowler who is attending school at . Read more about what MacGregor thinks of life in our city.

• According to Tampabay.com, Lindenwood University has signed Stevie Weatherford, a quarterback from Land O'Lakes, FL who spent a year in Cincinnati. Weatherford comes from famiy full of football players. See him in action in this video from Tampabay.com.

• Someone expressed some irritation at getting honked at while trying to park at on Fifth Street in St. Charles. Read more in Sound Off! in the St. Charles Suburban Journals.

• The EMissourian covered the boys basketball game against the Washington Blue Jays last Friday. The Blue Jays won the game 56-54.

• When you are making plans for the weekend, be sure to check out the events section on Patch. Also, add community events on our site by filling out this form.