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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Pesticides that use smoke bombs, like Gopher Gasser, can be a fire hazard to use near a home.

Pesticide smoke bombs can start fires, cautions Mehlville Fire Protection District

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 28, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District is warning residents about using pesticide bombs for gophers, moles and other rodents outside houses or sheds. The bombs have caused fires in the district, including...

Fenton Chrysler plant revitalized with TIF

Fenton Chrysler plant revitalized with TIF

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 27, 2021

Five years after getting tax-increment financing, the Fenton Logistics Park at the former Chrysler plant is up and running with plans to expand and grow. St. Louis County awarded the 295-acre site in...

The Kassebaum Building, at the corner of Butler Hill Road and Lemay Ferry.

QuikTrip wants to build gas station at Butler Hill/Lemay Ferry corner

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 27, 2021

A pair of 100-year-old historic buildings would have to come down to make way for a new QuikTrip at the intersection of Butler Hill and Lemay Ferry roads if St. Louis County were to approve the plan, which...

Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Three years in as superintendent, Lake looking ahead for Lindbergh

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2021

Superintendent Tony Lake has spent three years at the helm of Lindbergh Schools and is set to lead the district for at least another three after the Board of Education extended his contract through 2024. After...

An Affton Fire Protection District fire engine.

Crestwood loses lawsuit to Affton Fire District, will continue to pay for annexing forever

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2021

The four-year legal battle to determine whether Crestwood has to continue paying the Affton Fire Protection District for fire service for annexed residents is over after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled...

The Kassebaum Building, at the corner of Butler Hill Road and Lemay Ferry.

Historic preservation returns as buildings are threatened

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 25, 2021

With no historic preservation ordinance in St. Louis County and a wave of developers looking for sites to build, unincorporated South County is losing some historic structures as three separate structures...

Dinner-goers visit 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton in July 2020. The state’s first food truck garden, 9 Mile Garden opened July 3, 2020.

Affton is seeing a renaissance of brand-new developments

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 25, 2021

Residents and representatives of Affton see an “Affton renaissance” when they look at the wave of new development along Gravois Road, including 9 Mile Garden, and the new subdivisions that are bringing...

The demolished Crestwood Plaza property in 2017.

Crestwood mall: Dierbergs asks for $17 million in tax incentives for $67 million redevelopment

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 25, 2021

The new Crestwood mall redevelopment plan was taken by courier to the members of the Crestwood TIF Commission Friday, giving the public both a price tag and concrete financing from a bank. Developer Dierbergs...

The St. Louis County Planning Commission showed this aerial view of the site proposed for the storage facility, fronting Gravois Road.

Gravois Self-Storage set to meet tougher requirements

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 18, 2021

The St. Louis County Planning Commission is asking potential new storage facilities to create better-looking designs in unincorporated areas of the county, and the developer of a self-storage facility...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton that is the first in the state. The food truck garden officially opened July 3.

St. Louis County, city lift mask mandates for vaccinated people, following new federal guidance

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 14, 2021

St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis are lifting the mask mandates for vaccinated people along with most other public-health orders in the St. Louis region as of Friday, following new guidance from...

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