South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

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Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

June 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Metro St. Louis had a record ridership day and no security incidents Saturday during the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup parade, with an unprecedented...

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

June 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools will soon have half of its $105 million bond issue for a new high school in hand after a $40 million bond sale last week. The...

Chris Gaines signs on for another year as superintendent in Mehlville

Chris Gaines signs on for another year as superintendent in Mehlville

June 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  The Mehlville School District has signed Superintendent Chris Gaines on for another year, as the Board of Education unanimously voted to...

Oakville native Pat Maroon (No. 7, right) waves at the crowd of hundreds of thousands under the Arch and down Market Street at the Blues’ Stanley Cup parade Saturday. Maroon’s son Anthony, 10, sits on the shoulders of player Jaden Schwartz, and Oskar Sundqvist (No. 70) is also pictured. The night the Blues won the Cup, Anthony said his father would bring it to Telegraph Road in Oakville.

Blues defeat Bruins 4-1 to take a Stanley Cup victory for the ages

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  In a storybook ending 52 years in the making, the St. Louis Blues won the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last week, defeating the Boston...

An incoming Kennerly kindergartener slides at Popsicles with the Principal in 2018 on the schools playground.  Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Kennerly principal leaves early in mystery

June 16, 2019

An incoming Kennerly kindergartener slides at 'Popsicles with the Principal' last year on the school's playground. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Kennerly...

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan OReilly on the airplane home from Boston.

With Blues celebrating historic victory, the Stanley Cup could be headed to South County

June 13, 2019

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan O'Reilly on the airplane home from Boston. The Blues won their first-ever Stanley Cup Wednesday. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The...

Superintendent Chris Gaines getting sworn in as president of The School Superintendents Association.

Mehlville innovation heads to the four middle schools

June 13, 2019

Superintendent Chris Gaines getting sworn in as president of The School Superintendents Association. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Every middle school in the Mehlville...

Above: A rendering of the Affton Southwest Precinct.

Precinct moves again; see its new design

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 12, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The plans for the new Affton Southwest Precinct of the St. Louis County Police Department are falling into place just as the precinct is moving...

Then-council chairman Sam Page listens to Police Chief John Belmar during a committee meeting in 2018. Now County Executive, Page will renegotiate the lease for The Crossings, formerly Northwest Plaza mall. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Page will renegotiate St. Louis County’s Northwest Plaza lease

June 11, 2019

Then-council chairman Sam Page listens to Police Chief John Belmar during a committee meeting last summer. Now County Executive, Page will renegotiate the lease for The Crossings, formerly Northwest Plaza...

County Executive Sam Page sandbags Tuesday in Bellefontaine Neighbors, with the help of volunteers.

FLOODING: Mississippi River forecast to reach second-highest level; South County residents evacuated

June 7, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mississippi River will crest later than originally expected and at levels lower than the 1993 flood, but some South County residents have...

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