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Graduate Salute: Rockwood Summit High School Class of 2026
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recognized two Lindbergh libraries as 2026 Exemplary School Libraries during the May 14 Lindbergh Schools Board of Education meeting. Pictured (L-R): Kristin Hill, Dressel Elementary School library media specialist; Lisa Scroggs, DESE director of secondary literacy; Emily Hines, Sperreng Middle School library media specialist, and Emily Cook, Sperreng library assistant. Photo courtesy of Beth Johnston.

Two Lindbergh school libraries honored by Missouri Department of Education

By Ashlynn Couch, Staff Reporter

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

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May 19, 2026

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May 19, 2026

Students from the Oakville High School choir gather for their performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Ayres.

Oakville High School choir students perform at Carnegie Hall

May 13, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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The Affton High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of the Affton School District.

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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recognized two Lindbergh libraries as 2026 Exemplary School Libraries during the May 14 Lindbergh Schools Board of Education meeting. Pictured (L-R): Kristin Hill, Dressel Elementary School library media specialist; Lisa Scroggs, DESE director of secondary literacy; Emily Hines, Sperreng Middle School library media specialist, and Emily Cook, Sperreng library assistant. Photo courtesy of Beth Johnston.

Two Lindbergh school libraries honored by Missouri Department of Education

May 19, 2026

Students from the Oakville High School choir gather for their performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Ayres.

Oakville High School choir students perform at Carnegie Hall

May 13, 2026

The Rockwood Summit High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of the district.

Graduate Salute: Rockwood Summit High School Class of 2026

The Oakville High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of Jessica Pupillo, Mehlville School District's chief communications officer.

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The Mehlville High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of Jessica Pupillo, Mehlville School District's chief communications officer.

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The Lindbergh High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of Lindbergh's Carrie Rapp.

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The Fox High School class of 2026. Photo courtesy of Fox's Melanie Sheppard.

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16-year-old Lemay homicide suspect will be tried as an adult

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10-year-old fatally struck in Sappington

April 21, 2026

Two women charged for making false child abduction report

Two women charged for making false child abduction report

March 31, 2026

St. Louis County Police Department's Public Information Director Vera Clay addresses the media at a briefing on March 30.

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March 30, 2026

Police investigate deadly Lemay house fire

Police investigate deadly Lemay house fire

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Lindbergh High School's School-Based Enterprise interns: Josh Frantti, Austin Jones, Thomas Shamia and Alexa Parrott. Photo courtesy of Lindbergh Schools.

LHS students nationally recognized for small vending machine business

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The South County Center, 18 S. County Center Way.

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January 22, 2026

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January 21, 2026

Takeiros Mex-Grill, 5828 S. Lindbergh Blvd.

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January 21, 2026

Rendering of Dogs For Our Brave's new Crestwood location. Image courtesy of Crestwood.

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December 31, 2025

Lutheran South senior Gus Gross poses with his medal after completing his Ironman race. Photo courtesy of Lutheran High School South.

Lutheran South senior Gus Gross competes in Texas Ironman race

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Luthern South's Alyssa Thompson (#9) reaches for the flag of a Riverview Gardens player while Kate Riethmeier (#11) and Alison Stengel (#13) watch, waiting to react to the play.

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April 22, 2026

Lutheran South's Cameron Slinkard (#14) runs the ball down the field.

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Lindbergh Schools hosted an official groundbreakin

Lindbergh Schools hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on its Farmers Club Agricultural STEM Learning Center on May 6.

Though ground had technically already been broken on the site as construction began in March, the district decided to wait until warmer weather for the ceremony. It was originally scheduled for April 1, however rain forced a delay.

Made possible by Lindbergh Prop R, a $150 million no-tax-rate-increase bond issue proposal approved by voters in April 2024, the one-of-a-kind Lindbergh Farmers Club is expected to directly connect students from pre-kindergarten through high school to career opportunities and innovation in the agricultural technology (AgTech) industry. In addition to technology and agriculture, the main focuses of the center will be ecology, sustainability, engineering and entrepreneurship. Student-run farmers markets and a museum curated by students on the history of agriculture in the area are just two examples of multi-subject aspects of the center.

“A lot of times in learning, it’s done in silos, right? This has an opportunity to bring that all together, and we’re just so excited,” Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake said. “Creating a hub in your school district where you can bring all of these real-world learning opportunities around a certain theme is really what we believe the future of K-12 public education is.”

Lake emphasized that this project celebrates not only the future, but also the past, as the site is the home to the former Concord Farmers Club — an organization that started just after the Civil War. The site was purchased by Lindbergh Schools in early 2021, and the historical, on-site building from the Concord Farmers’ Club was demolished by Lindbergh in August 2025.

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Oakville High School senior Mcrae Leick has been i

Oakville High School senior Mcrae Leick has been interested in art “for (her) whole life” — from a young age, she was practicing her creativity. Now, her artwork will be hung in Missouri’s Capitol as part of the Senate Student Arts Exhibit.

Each year, senators from around Missouri select artwork from one K-12 student in their senatorial district to be displayed in the capitol building’s exhibit. The winning student artists were invited to Jefferson City on April 9 for Fine Arts Education Day.

“I feel very honored to have my artwork selected to be displayed at the state capitol,” Leick said. “It means a lot to me and gives me confidence to keep pursuing art and exploring more opportunities in the future.”

Leick’s art piece is titled “Pink Dreamers.” At first, she was unsure of what direction she wanted to take the art piece. Then, Leick’s art teacher Danielle Anderson suggested she paint a flamingo, and Leick’s creativity sprung from there.

“Pink Dreamers” was selected as the winner by District 1 Senator Doug Beck. His district makes up most of South County, stretching from Oakville to Webster Groves.

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Lindbergh High School held its 13th annual Musicth

Lindbergh High School held its 13th annual Musicthon, an event where students play music for 36 consecutive hours to raise money for charity, on April 24 and 25. The student-run event began at 7 a.m. on Friday, and continued until 7 p.m. on Saturday. It was livestreamed for the community to watch.

Approximately just over $9,000 was raised this year for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer; last year, $8,000 was raised. Since 2014, the LHS Musicthon has raised more than $55,000 to fund childhood cancer research and assist families of children with cancer.

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The development of the former Weekend’s Only lot o

The development of the former Weekend’s Only lot on South Lindbergh Boulevard has caused quite the stir since it was proposed years ago.

When it was first announced that Dogwood Social House — a restaurant offering a mix of entertainment and games, such as axe throwing, pickleball, corn hole, table games, etc. — was coming to the location, some residing nearby were less than pleased with the added noise this would bring, though the main point of contention centered around the addition of an access point, thus added traffic, on East Concord Road.

According to Jacob Trimble, the Director of the Department of Planning for St. Louis County, this curb cut was included in the Preliminary Site Development Plan, which was the subject of a public hearing process in 2023. Notice of this public hearing was provided, he said, including posting signs on the property and notifying nearby property owners via postcard.

Some residents, however, feel “blindsided” by the news.

“When they planned for this new development going in, there was a lack of communication and advertisement of that meeting that was going to be taking place … where (the curb cut) was going to be discussed. Nobody knew about it until they actually started the construction for it,” East Concord resident Allison Vansaghi said.

She went on to discuss the fact that the past two times the site was developed, albeit years ago, developers have tried and failed to put in this curb cut to East Concord. When asked why it was approved this time, Trimble explained that access to the site was evaluated through a formal Traffic Impact Study and that the curb cut was requested by the petitioner “to promote safe overall circulation,” giving vehicles exiting and entering the site an additional access point; previously, the only way to and from the site was through South Lindbergh.

Though nearby residents do not see this as a solution for reducing traffic. In fact, they believe the opposite.

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For the first time in decades, Lutheran High Schoo

For the first time in decades, Lutheran High School South has added a new sport to its athletic program: girls flag football. Though a feat in itself, as it’s been years since a fresh sport has been offered, adding this team specifically is particularly monumental as Lutheran South is now the first private school in the St. Louis area with a girls flag football team.

It all started with powder puff.

As many high schools do, Lutheran South hosts an annual “powder puff” flag football game for junior and senior girls around homecoming. This past year saw an unprecedented uptick in interest, with approximately 60 girls signing up to play. This gave Brian Lind — the school’s Director of Campus Life, a science teacher and the longtime head boys basketball coach — an idea: start a school-wide, girls-only intramural flag football league.

“We had 90 kids sign up to play intramural flag football. Now, we’ve never had 90 kids sign up to do anything ever before. So right there we’re like, ‘Okay, this is kind of a big deal,’” Lind said. “That’s when we started hearing about flag football maybe being a high school sport.”

Lind is referencing the recent push by the NFL to increase female participation in football. To help, teams across the country have partnered with schools to fund the creation of girls flag football teams, supplying the uniforms and equipment needed to do so. Lutheran South’s team is backed by the Kansas City Chiefs.

“From what I’ve seen, I haven’t found another private school yet in the state doing this. We are kind of a unicorn with this,” Lind said.

Though similar to typical tackle football, flag football has a few major differences. For one, no tackling is allowed, but it is also a game focused more on speed and skill than size and strength.

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Affton Fire Protection District Proposition F: YES

Affton Fire Protection District Proposition F: YES
No (against) – 47.72% (1,572 Votes)

Yes (for) – 52.28% (1,722 Votes)

# of votes counted – 3,294

Affton School District Board of Education: Jeanette Schoenberg, Justin Carney, Bridget Sinamon
Jeanette Schoenberg – 30.05% (1,697 Votes)

Justin Carney – 21.48% (1,213 Votes)

Bridget Sinamon – 27.77% (1,568 Votes)

Ben Wagner – 10.25% (579 Votes)

Chad Bernstein* –4.69% (265 Votes)

Dennis Ellis** – 5.76% (325 Votes)

# of votes counted – 5,647

*Chad Bernstein dropped out of the race

**Dennis Ellis dropped out of the race

Bayless School District Proposition I: YES
No (against) – 19.47% (205 Votes)

Yes (for) – 80.53% (848 Votes)

# of votes counted –1,053

Crestwood Proposition 1: YES
No (against) – 10.22% (184 Votes)

Yes (for) – 89.78% (1,616 Votes)

# of votes counted – 1,800

Crestwood Proposition 2: YES
No (against) – 23.33% (416 Votes)

Yes (for) – 76.67% (1,367 Votes)

# of votes counted – 1,783

Crestwood Proposition 3: YES
No (against) – 13.79% (246 Votes)

Yes (for) – 86.21% (1,538 Votes)

# of votes counted – 1,784

Crestwood Proposition 4: YES
No (against) – 41.06% (733 Votes)

Yes (for) – 58.94% (1,052 Votes)

# of votes counted – 1,785

Lemay Fire Protection District Proposition F: YES
No (against) – 45.06% (360 Votes)

Yes (for) – 54.94% (439 Votes)

# of votes counted – 799

Lindbergh Schools Board of Education: Matt Alonz0, Christy Watz, Andrew Lawson
Matt Alonz0 – 29.08% (3,891 Votes)

Richard Breeding – 12.27% (1,642 Votes)

Christy Watz – 30.16% (4,035 Votes)

Andrew Lawson – 28.49% (3,812 Votes)

# of votes counted – 13,380

Sunset Hills Alderman Ward 1: Natalie Akins
Natalie Akins – 59.85% (161 Votes)

Frank Hardy – 40.15% (108 Votes)

# of votes counted – 269

Sunset Hills Alderman Ward 2: Mark Schwarz
Casey Wong – 35.06% (149 Votes)

Greg Zveitel – 25.88% (110 Votes)

Mark Schwarz – 39.06% (166 Votes)

# of votes counted – 425

Sunset Hills Alderman Ward 3: Angie Weigel
Kurt Krueger – 45.34% (175 Votes)

Angie Weigel – 54.66% (211 Votes)

# of votes counted – 386

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Aleise Dawson does not exist. The five-year-old gi

Aleise Dawson does not exist. The five-year-old girl was reportedly abducted in Affton, in the 8900 block of New Hampshire Avenue, on the morning of March 30. St. Louis County detectives immediately began searching high and low for Aleise and her abductor — only to discover, shortly after 1 p.m., that the five-year-old was completely made-up.

Two female suspects — now identifed as Ashley Collins and Kayla Williams — have been brought into custody after recanting their story about the child abduction. They have both been charged with filing a false police report.

“We’ve spent an inordinate amount of time this morning investigating what we believed to be the abduction of a five-year-old child,” Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Lohr of the St. Louis County Police Department said. “We have dispelled that. There was no child that was abducted, so we are pleased to announce that there was no abduction this morning.”

He added, “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the community. Obviously, everyone has been worried, everyone has been responsive. Our community has obviously done what we expected them to do. They called in tips. They were actively assisting in our search. So I’d like to thank our community for their support.”

Officers responded to a call at 7:57 a.m. that Aleise was sitting in a 2020 teal Jeep Renegade when her guardian went inside the home. When the guardian returned, the vehicle and Aleise were gone, according to the story. The vehicle was recovered at Madaford Gardens Apartments, with no sign of the child.

Lohr said that he believes there was a car theft, which is where officers and detectives will now turn their attention. They do not yet have a suspect when it comes to the stolen vehicle.

Lohr said that the story about Aleise’s abduction unraveled when detectives began asking more questions and contacting family members, until they were certain that the child did not exist.

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This year’s race for the Lindbergh Board of Educat

This year’s race for the Lindbergh Board of Education features four candidates running for three open seats. The candidates include all three incumbents — board president Matt Alonzo, board director Christy Watz and board treasurer Andrew Lawson — along with Richard Breeding, a former Crestwood alderman.

The seats carry three-year terms. The municipal election will be held on April 7.

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The RDI Warehouse in Green Park was filled with th

The RDI Warehouse in Green Park was filled with the drone of drilling and the smell of sawdust over the weekend of March 14, as over 50 volunteers worked in assembly line fashion. The finished product? Children’s beds.

These volunteers were contributing to Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), a national nonprofit with chapters across the country. The nonprofit aims to provide beds for children in need.

“Everyone always says, ‘I didn’t even know this was a problem,’” communications manager Janet Koth said. “It’s one of the least known problems. Everyone does toy drives or this or that, but there are needs that are so much more basic than that.”

She continued, “There’s a lot of kids that are sleeping on the floor on blankets, or sleeping on couches. That’s not a bed. It’s just really important that these kids get a good night’s sleep, so they can do better in school. And to have a bed, instead of just plopping wherever for a night’s sleep — it’s really important to them. It helps their self-esteem.”

Janet and Kurt Koth — her husband, who also serves as the chapter president — started SHP’s Eureka Chapter last year in June. The chapter serves families in Eureka, House Springs, Valley Park, Fenton, Cedar Hill, High Ridge, Imperial, Dittmer and Barnhart.

“It’s been a really eye-opening experience, for both my husband and I,” Janet said. “(Kurt)’s the one who started it and said, ‘Let’s do this.’ We’re retired. He said, ‘I really want to give back to the community.’ We gathered some friends up, and that’s how it started to grow.”

March 14 was their third “build day” — one took place last summer, and another was in November. At the March build, volunteers built pieces for 35 beds, which will be delivered to families as the need becomes available.

As of the March build day, the Eureka chapter had a waitlist of 10 families who requested beds. The weekend construction will allow them to fill that need, as well as keep a stock of beds for anyone else who might apply in the next couple of months.

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