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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Mehlville Superintendent Gaines: Getting back in school depends on you

Mehlville Superintendent Gaines: Getting back in school depends on you

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

The Mehlville School District will be kicking off school this week with an all-virtual start due to rising COVID-19 cases in South County, and Superintendent Chris Gaines was straightforward about how...

Former Sunset Hills City Administrator Eric Sterman, left, and City Attorney Robert E. Jones during a meeting of the Board of Aldermen in 2017.

Sunset Hills’ first-ever city administrator, Eric Sterman, leaves for same job in Ballwin

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

Four years after making history as the first city administrator in Sunset Hills, City Administrator Eric Sterman has been hired for the same position in Ballwin. The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen was...

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

Crestwood has two redevelopment proposals for mall site, including large mixed use

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

Crestwood received two submissions in response to its request for redevelopment proposals of the former Crestwood Plaza mall site, which has struggled to find a developer since closing seven years ago....

Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy speaks at her town hall over the fate of Tower Tee at the Affton Community Center March 20, 2019. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Clancy will drop proposal for early-childhood education sales tax

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 24, 2020

St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, D-Maplewood, said she will drop a proposal to ask voters to approve a half-cent sales tax for early-childhood education from the agenda at Tuesday’s County...

The slide shown by the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force last week that singled out South County as a coronavirus hotspot.

South County is singled out as the regional hotspot for COVID

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 24, 2020

COVID-19 cases have continued to rise in South County in the weeks since it was singled out as a virus hotspot in the St. Louis metropolitan region, even as cases began to decline in other areas. The...

The Lemay Fire Protection District posted this photo of ServPro cleaning the firehouse in March.

Lemay firefighters back on the job after COVID-19 quarantine; only one firefighter tested positive

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 19, 2020

Things are back to normal at the Lemay Fire Protection District this week after all of its 24 firefighters had to quarantine after one tested positive for COVID-19 Aug. 4. The one-firehouse fire district...

The slide shown by the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force last week that singled out South County as a coronavirus hotspot.

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in every South County ZIP code; task force singles it out as pandemic hotspot

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 17, 2020

Coronavirus cases have continued to rise in South County in the week since it was singled out as a virus hotspot in the St. Louis metropolitan region, even as cases began to decline in other areas. Reporting...

Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

Judge throws out Nov. 3 ballot language on Amendment 3, says it misleads on Clean Missouri

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 17, 2020

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.  A judge in Cole County struck down ballot language placed on the November ballot by Republican Missouri lawmakers for Amendment 3, calling the...

The St. Louis City SC crest, unveiled Aug. 13, 2020.

St. Louis Major League Soccer team name is … St. Louis City SC

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 13, 2020

The Major League Soccer team coming to St. Louis got a name Thursday: St. Louis City SC, with team colors of red and blue accented with yellow and gray. The name is internationally inspired, but also...

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

All South County school districts go virtual, with Lindbergh keeping K-3 in classroom

By Gloria Lloyd and Erin Achenbach August 12, 2020

All five South County school districts are mostly going virtual to start the school year due to rising cases of the coronavirus in St. Louis County. Four of the five districts —  Mehlville, Affton,...

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