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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Decorating contest winners brighten holiday season

Decorating contest winners brighten holiday season

December 21, 2016

Winners of the annual Outdoor Holiday Home Decorating Contest sponsored by Coldwell Banker Gundaker in Oakville, Handyman True Value Hardware in Oakville and Call Newspapers were announced last week. Pictured,...

Long Elementary School Principal Jana Parker is the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals St. Louis Suburban Distinguished Principal for 2016-2017.

Jana Parker earns Distinguished Principal honor

December 21, 2016

Long Elementary School Principal Jana Parker has been named the St. Louis Suburban Distinguished Principal by the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals for 2016-2017. Under Parker's leadership,...

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Kiwanis, Key clubs support Tree of Lights

December 21, 2016

Members of the Kiwanis Club of South County recently were joined by members of the two Key Clubs they sponsor at Mehlville and Oakville high schools to ring the bell for the Salvation Army's Tree of Lights...

Guests at the annual Lindbergh Schools clergy breakfast, back row, from left, are: the Rev. Jeff Cloeter and the Rev. Daniel Meyer, Christ Memorial Lutheran Church; Ken Hornok, South County Bible Church; the Rev. Mark Smith, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church; the Rev. John Childers, South County Baptist Church; Board of Education member Gary Ujka; the Rev. Thomas Schoech, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection; Nathan Panke, Southgate Church; and Richard LaBore, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. Front row, from left, are: Board of Education Vice President Don Bee; the Rev. Mark Revisky and Teguh Djaja, Crestwood Christian Church; Board of Education member Jennifer Miller; Peggy Brinkmann, St. Catherine LaBoure Catholic Church; the Rev. Carol Keller, St. Lucas United Church of Christ; and Board of Education President Kathy Kienstra.

Lindbergh board, administrators meet with clergy

December 21, 2016

Lindbergh Board of Education members and administrators recently met with representatives from local churches to provide an update on district programs and discuss how both institutions can work together...

Kris Simpson

Aldermen OK $3,000 pay hike for Simpson

By Mike Anthony December 21, 2016

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen voted unanimously last week to approve an ordinance granting a $3,000 salary increase to City Administrator Kris Simpson.The ordinance, adopted Dec. 13, increases Simpson's...

Transparency still lacking in county’s Circuit Court

By Mike Anthony December 21, 2016

We believe most citizens expect proceedings in the St. Louis County Circuit Court to be transparent.Yet, we've learned over the years that's not exactly the case.We discovered that many years ago when...

Brian Lane

Mehlville initiates programs to boost district test scores

By Gloria Lloyd December 21, 2016

Last of two partsThe Mehlville School District is implementing a series of programs to improve its statewide test scores in math after a push from parents and Board of Education members.Three board members...

Oakville Middle School counselors Allissa Thomas and Emily Lehr and Oakville Middle School Assistant Principal Patrick Bellinger are pictured with some of the gifts that will make the holiday season brighter for some families in need, thanks to the Queen of All Saints St. Vincent De Paul Holiday Project.

Project benefits 40 Mehlville families in need

December 21, 2016

The holiday season will be very special for some struggling families in the Mehlville School District, thanks to the Queen of All Saints St. Vincent De Paul Holiday Project.When it began three years ago,...

Steve Stenger

Stenger’s proposed police standards still ensnarled in court

By Gloria Lloyd December 21, 2016

A year after the county tried to enact new countywide police standards, attorneys for the county and its cities are still arguing in court whether the law is legal.The 14 minimum police standards championed...

Pat Fribis

Contested Jimmy John’s OK’d in Sunset Hills

By Gloria Lloyd December 21, 2016

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen settled a yearlong dispute last week by approving a new Jimmy John's, siding with a business owner over neighbors who opposed its drive-thru.For nearly a year, residents...

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