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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...

Students at Oakville Elementary participate in Kids Voting for the November 2018 election.

St. Louis County announces deadlines for April 6 election, including voter registration deadline today

March 10, 2021

With the April 6 general municipal election less than one month away, it’s important that voters understand dates and deadlines that are quickly approaching. The deadline for registering to vote in...

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...

Abiding Savior Lutheran students shown at the time of the Hurricane Harvey donation, September 2017.

A look back: Abiding Savior Lutheran students join with other schools to raise funds for school hit by hurricane

March 7, 2021

Editor’s note: Schools are closed to visitors and extra activities right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we thought we’d take a look back at past philanthropic activities at local schools. Here’s...

A black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places of the Joseph Sappington Cabin.

Sappington House is raising money to move and preserve Joseph Sappington’s log house; needs city’s OK

March 5, 2021

Under a plan up for discussion at the Crestwood Board of Aldermen next week, the city might move a historic log house to Historic Sappington House, where it would be preserved for future generations. In...

Mercy Hospital South Chief Medical Officer Dr. Aamina Akhtar displays a COVID-19 vaccination card, which states where and when an individual received the COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses administered roughly three weeks apart.

Missouri vaccine allocation model to change to direct more to St. Louis; state won’t see more J&J vaccine for weeks

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent March 5, 2021

The state of Missouri has been told it will not receive another shipment of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine until the last week of March — two weeks after the next tier of eligible residents will be...

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...

Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis Countys mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

After outrage over unused vaccines at rural clinics, Parson vows more STL, KC events

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent March 4, 2021

Last week, multiple mass vaccination events in rural areas neared the end of the day with hundreds of doses still on hand — prompting health departments to take to social media and encourage anyone to...

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