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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Six of the seven members of the County Council, right, laugh as Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith says that hes more used to staring down politicians in a courtroom than appearing alongside them at town halls. Goldsmith and the council appeared at the Ethics in St. Louis County Government Town Hall Sept. 16 at Kal Ronah in University City. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Prosecutor: No employees came forward to report Stenger

September 24, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com No one voluntarily went to the federal government to turn in former County Executive Steve Stenger, the federal prosecutor who sent him to...

Stenger was re-elected to four more years. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Stenger surrenders to South Dakota prison

September 24, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Steve Stenger served four years as county executive, and starting this week, he starts serving nearly four years in federal prison. And since...

County Executive Sam Page signs ethics reform executive orders into law Sept. 19 in the county executives office.

St. Louis County ‘cone of silence’ legislation would ban contractors from contacting officials during bidding

September 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County Executive Sam Page asked the County Council this week to pass legislation that would ban anyone seeking a county contract...

St. Louis County dumping Meridian as trash company; residents were unhappy with hauler

St. Louis County dumping Meridian as trash company; residents were unhappy with hauler

September 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County is dumping one of its trash providers following numerous service complaints in South County and across multiple County Council...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith, left, talks to St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jacob Barker after the ethics town hall Monday at Kol Rinah in University City. Barker was mentioned in Goldsmiths indictment of former County Executive Steve Stenger, as Stenger tried to dodge Barkers questions about a phony contract that formed the crux of the case against Stenger. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Hal Goldsmith speaks: The man who brought down Stenger talks ethics and how public can fight corruption

September 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Hal Goldsmith has 1 p.m. this Saturday marked on his calendar. That’s when former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger reports to prison...

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February 2019 trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Officer Blake Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

After 40 years, St. Louis County Crime Commission starts meeting again Thursday

September 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County officials are trying to come up with ways to combat the county crime problem — including a wave of killings of children...

Then-Concord Republican Committeeman Tony Pousosa presides over a meeting of the Concord-Lemay Republican Club in July 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Green Park gets a new alderman, as Pousosa resigns

September 18, 2019

Then-Concord Republican Committeeman Tony Pousosa presides over a meeting of the Concord-Lemay Republican Club in July 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Green...

The Michael Brown Chosen for Change Foundation posted this photo of Michael Brown Sr. and his youngest daughter Mikelle taken before the press conference on Facebook.

Wesley Bell still hasn’t responded to requests to reopen Ferguson investigation

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 16, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A month after Michael Brown Sr.’s call for St. Louis County prosecutors to reopen the investigation into his son’s death in Ferguson five...

A rendering of the proposed Affton Plaza food truck garden.

Affton Plaza proposes Missouri’s first ‘food truck garden’ as an Affton town square

September 14, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The county Planning Commission will hold a public hearing next week on several potential developments in South County, but one stands out:...

Crestwood man stabbed neighbors dog to death, charges say

Crestwood man stabbed neighbor’s dog to death, charges say

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 11, 2019

A Crestwood man stabbed his neighbor’s dog to death with a pocket knife last weekend, police say. St. Louis County prosecutors charged John Conrad Ross III, 59, of the 9700 block of Greenview Drive...

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