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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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The Call’s General Manager Bill Milligan, left, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination event Feb. 23 in Canton, Missouri, population 2,377. Milligan traveled from South County, population of more than 100,000, which had not had a single mass vaccine event at press time.

Hunt for vaccines sends South County residents across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 16, 2021

Missouri’s vaccine rollout continues to frustrate St. Louis residents who are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as state officials sent mixed messages about whether they would be directing more...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

St. Louis County, fire districts will vaccinate homebound residents; program already underway in Mehlville

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 10, 2021

Wondering how to find a COVID-19 vaccine? Here's what you need to know.  St. Louis County is launching a pilot program to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to those who are unable to leave their homes, County...

This image released by the state shows testing locations throughout St. Louis County.

UK COVID-19 variant found at high levels in North County; South County tests find low levels

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 10, 2021

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services found high levels of the UK variant of COVID-19 in testing of wastewater at Coldwater Creek in North County this week. So far, the creek is the...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton. The food truck garden and The Canteen @ 9 Mile Garden, a drafthouse next to the garden, opened July 3, 2020.

In ‘cautious reopening,’ St. Louis County allows larger gatherings, increased capacity and more fans for sports

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 8, 2021

With new cases of COVID-19 in what St. Louis County is calling “rapid decline” and vaccines becoming more widely available, the county is lifting certain restrictions intended to curtail the spread...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

VA will vaccinate veterans 50 or older in St. Louis region, starting this weekend

March 4, 2021

The VA St. Louis Health Care System will administer COVID-19 vaccines at Grand Hall on Chouteau and VA Outpatient Clinics in St. Louis County, St. Charles County and St. Clair County in Illinois, starting...

Grace Knoll, 95, a long-term care resident at St. Luke’s Surrey Place, was the first resident at the skilled nursing facility to roll up her sleeves and receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.

How to find the COVID-19 vaccine in St. Louis and beyond

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 4, 2021

While some South County residents have been contacted by St. Louis County and local hospitals to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the demand in St. Louis is far exceeding the supply from the state. St. Louis...

A rendering of the Oakwood home model in the proposed development.

Planning Commission will vote on Oakville subdivision Monday, March 8

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 4, 2021

The St. Louis County Planning Commission will vote on a new 26-acre subdivision planned in Oakville in an executive session slated for 4 p.m. Monday, March 8. Final details on the videoconferenced vote...

Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, center, listens to members of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership board testify in 2019 along with 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, left, and 7th District Councilman Mark Harder.

Judge rules that Rita Days is legal St. Louis County Council chair, not Lisa Clancy

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 2, 2021

St. Louis County Circuit Judge Thomas Albus issued a ruling Tuesday in a county-funded lawsuit that divided County Council members over who was the rightfully elected council chair: 1st District Councilwoman...

A rendering of the Oakwood home model in the proposed development.

Neighbors start petition against new 26-acre subdivision in Oakville

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 25, 2021

Land at the southern end of Telegraph Road in Oakville near Jefferson County is once again being eyed for a large new subdivision, but even with the historic Fine-Eiler House on the property torn down,...

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