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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

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Chase looks to add ATMs in South County; zoning hearing tonight

Chase looks to add ATMs in South County; zoning hearing tonight

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 10, 2020

Three freestanding Chase bank ATMs could be built in St. Louis County if the bank gets zoning approval after a public hearing tonight. Residents can attend a videoconferenced public hearing on the ATMs...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 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.

Page likely wins two more years as county executive in four-way race

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 7, 2020

St. Louis County voters most likely gave County Executive Sam Page two more years in office by handing him a commanding victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday in a four-way race with two well-known...

Lt. Col. Troy Doyle of the St. Louis County Police Department talks to reporters during the County Council meeting in April 2019, after he was announced as the interim director of the Department of Justice Services. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Top St. Louis County commander, Lt. Col. Troy Doyle, alleges racial discrimination

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 7, 2020

A top commander in the St. Louis County Police Department, Lt. Col. Troy Doyle, filed a federal racial discrimination complaint ahead of Tuesday's election claiming that County Executive Sam Page passed...

Members of the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020 graduate in masks at an outdoor drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in Hazelwood in June 2020.

Lindbergh will start school year with K-3 students in person, all virtual for 4-12

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 6, 2020

Lindbergh Schools will start school this fall with only students third grade and younger in the buildings, while all students from fourth grade through high school will be attending virtually due to the...

A rainy day greeted students for their first day of elementary school in 2018 at Oakville Elementary.

Mehlville unsure if students will be back in buildings in fall

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 3, 2020

Most St. Louis County school districts release their reopening plans July 20, but at The Call’s press deadline the Mehlville School District had not yet decided whether it will return to school buildings...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon cutting for the 9 Mile Garden food truck garden in Affton Thursday, July 9.

St. Louis County shuts down late-night bars, announces restrictions to cut COVID-19 cases

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor July 27, 2020

As cases of COVID-19 rise in St. Louis County ahead of schools possibly reopening next month, County Executive Sam Page announced Monday that he would tighten business restrictions in seven ways for the...

From left: Mark Mantovani, Sam Page, Jamie Tolliver and Jake Zimmerman.

County executive debate focuses on virus, crime, education

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor July 24, 2020

A debate for the Democratic candidates in the St. Louis County executive race Wednesday night centered around the county’s response to the coronavirus and issues surrounding education, which traditionally...

Plans for the new gas station, above, show the site directly next to the JB Bridge crossing into Missouri from Illinois.

Gas station proposed next to the JB Bridge

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor July 23, 2020

A gas station and travel plaza/truck stop could be coming to vacant land directly next to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge along Interstate 255 and the Mississippi River. Residents can attend a videoconferenced...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page helps pack food into a trunk in May 2020 while handing out meals at the Weber Road Library in Affton with the St. Louis County Library and Operation Food Searchs drive-thru meals program.

Two St. Louis County Library branches close due to positive COVID cases, including Weber Road

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor July 22, 2020

St. Louis County Library has temporarily closed two branches in the last week due to positive COVID-19 cases, including one in South County. The Weber Road Library in Affton is still closed Wednesday...

Officers and sergeants from the St. Louis County Police Department applaud as fellow officer and union representative Derek Machens calls for raises at an Oct. 12, 2017, hearing at the County Council.

County police to be reviewed top-to-bottom, with some pushback

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor July 22, 2020

A promised “top-to-bottom” review of the St. Louis County Police Department is a centerpiece of County Executive Sam Page’s campaign for county executive, but not everyone is welcoming outsiders...

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