Sunset Hills-Crestwood Patch's Top Stories of 2012

Week in Sports: Oakville Netters Defeat Mehlville: Our readers rallied hard to earn Lindbergh baseball player Jordan Harmon the Player of the Week!

: A construction worker struck another man with a paving tool, gashing his chest and narrowly missing his pacemaker at a Sunset Hills construction site in October.

Former Female Spear Construction Worker Now Coming Forward: A former employee quit the day after she said she found a camera in the women's bathroom.

Updated: New Owner Takes Over O'Leary's: The Sunset Hills pub, co-owned by actor John Goodman, went up for sale this summer. New owner Phillip Greene will be taking over the space after the first of the year, management said.

Bowling Alley's Historic Sign Gets New Life: The Crestwood Bowl's iconic sign shines anew on Watson Road, thanks to a Route 66 preservation grant.

Sappington's Johnny's Market Closing in October: A longtime 'mom and pop' market called it quits this fall--and even auctioned off their iconic sign.

Savers Secondhand Retailer Heads to St. Louis: Savers, a for-profit retailer of secondhand clothing and home goods, is making its first strides into the region with a new store in Crestwood. Construction is currently underway. 

Food Fight: Vote Now for Your Favorite Local Fish Fry: St. Justin the Martyr Catholic Parish in Sunset Hills lost to Affton's Our Lady of Providence by just 23 votes!

Deli Replacing Imo's Pizza Across from Crestwood Court: The owner of the former pizza place re-opened as a Puricelli's Deli with .

Ross Dress for Less Coming to Sunset Hills: Ross Dress for Less opened in the former CompUSA building on Lindbergh Boulevard in October. 

South County Woman Attacks Grandmother She Thought Was a Demon: An elderly Shrewsbury woman died of injuries she incurred after her granddaughter threw her down a flight of stairs and stomped on her. Rachel Armstrong told police she believed her grandmother was possessed.