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South St. Louis County News

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Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 30, 2021

It’s never been more obvious what the top story of a year was, as 2020 will always be remembered as the year a global pandemic stopped life as we know it everywhere. But South County also made national...

Lindbergh Schools, one of the districts sued in the first suit, implemented masks mandates at various points throughout the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years depending on COVID-19 infection rates in district buildings.

Lindbergh named a ‘Top Workplace’ in St. Louis

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 28, 2021

Lindbergh Schools is touting its status as a “Top Workplace” in St. Louis after being named to the annual list compiled by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This year is the first time the district has...

The empty Crestwood mall site, with the buildings demolished and the site leveled, as seen in May 2019.

TIF Commission convenes starting Feb. 4 for Crestwood mall plan from McBride/Dierbergs

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 27, 2021

The Crestwood mall site has its fourth developer in seven years, but city officials are confident that the latest plan combining proposals from McBride Homes and Dierbergs Market will actually be built,...

Intensive care nurse Nicole Boyer speaks with reporters after being one of the first 20 nurses at Mercy Hospital South to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Boyer, who works in the ICU, has seen the worst of the worst of COVID-19 cases.

St. Louis County announces plan for mass vaccination sites, starting in Ferguson

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 27, 2021

St. Louis County will open a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Ferguson, with plans to open similar sites across the county, but it’s not yet known when the site will open and how many vaccines the state...

On first day back in school, Oakville High student wears Confederate flag mask

On first day back in school, Oakville High student wears Confederate flag mask

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 22, 2021

A student wore a Confederate flag mask to Oakville High School Tuesday that apparently went either unnoticed or unreported by teachers for two 90-minute classes, upsetting students who reported the mask...

Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, pictured above, and Rep. David Gregory, R-Sunset Hills, hosted a food distribution event at Mehlville High School in September.

After voting not to require masks, Missouri House shuts down due to COVID-19 outbreak

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent January 20, 2021

The Missouri House of Representatives is not meeting this week because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building, Republican leaders announced Thursday evening. Without giving details, House...

Jeannine Celestine, a respiratory therapist at Mercy Hospital South, prepares to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Celestine was one of 20 workers to be vaccinated Dec. 14 at Mercy Hospital South, along with another 20 nurses at Mercys campus in Creve Coeur.

Members of the public can sign up with St. Louis hospitals to receive COVID-19 vaccine

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 19, 2021

All four major hospital systems in St. Louis are now signing members of the public up for COVID-19 vaccines, although when those shots will be available is still an open question. As more people in the...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls in August 2020 in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

Paul Berry’s lawsuit asking for new county executive election is dismissed

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 19, 2021

A St. Louis County judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit contesting the November general election filed by Paul Berry III, the Republican who lost the race for county executive to Democratic incumbent Sam...

A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine for Mercys Chief Medical officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 workers Dec. 14 and another 20 staffers Dec. 15.

St. Louis County could receive more vaccine doses today; opening vaccinations to those over age 65

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 19, 2021

St. Louis County will open COVID-19 vaccinations to a broader audience, including those over 65, as soon as it gets enough doses of the vaccine to meet a large demand. So far, the Department of Public...

Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch at a May 2019 meeting.

County sues four council members over chair, leadership vote

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 18, 2021

This is a breaking news story. Check back to callnewspapers.com for more in-depth coverage.  St. Louis County is suing itself again. County lawyers, representing two council members, filed a lawsuit...

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