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South St. Louis County News

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Affton veteran celebrates 96th birthday

Affton veteran celebrates 96th birthday

October 31, 2021

World War II veteran and Affton resident Charles “Chuck” O’Reilly turned 96 Sept. 11. O’Reilly was born in 1925 and has lived in Affton in the home he and his late wife Audrey bought 67 years...

A Bierbaum bullseye

A Bierbaum bullseye

October 30, 2021

Bullseye! The Bierbaum Elementary Archery Club is in full swing for the school year. The club held its first meeting at the end of September and students have been meeting weekly since then to learn how...

Tracing back history this Halloween

Tracing back history this Halloween

October 30, 2021

The history of Halloween can be traced back 2,000 years. The ancient Celts associated the end of summer and the beginning of the dark, cold winter with death. They believed the boundary between the...

Mehlville graduation 2020.

Mehlville resumes speaker series next month

October 29, 2021

The Mehlville School District is hosting the second installment of its speaker series focusing on its “Portrait of Graduate” with the second event set for Wednesday, Nov. 10.  The event, titled...

Every Halloween, Green Park resident Julie Palmer’s yard is decorated with more than 40 skeletons.

Webster University professor is a bone-afide skeleton enthusiast

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 27, 2021

Forty-five skeletons call Julie Palmer’s Green Park resident home and more join the party each year. Palmer, a human resources and management professor at Webster University,  began collecting and...

New St. Louis Children’s Hospital Specialty Care Center opens in South County

New St. Louis Children’s Hospital Specialty Care Center opens in South County

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 27, 2021

South County became home to the second St. Louis Children’s Hospital Specialty Care Center in St. Louis this month.  The location, at 5114 Midamerica Plaza near Interstate 55 and Butler Hill Road,...

A scarecrow scavenger hunt

A scarecrow scavenger hunt

October 23, 2021

Oakville High School’s fashion merchandising class have created its first Scarecrow Festival for the community. The class has partnered with six local businesses to create scarecrows from concept to...

Dinner-goers visit 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton, in July 2020.

Celebrate Halloween at 9 Mile Garden

October 21, 2021

This Halloween, 9 Mile Garden, Missouri’s first food truck garden, will transform into the Haunted Garden for two Halloween-themed events.  From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, the garden is hosting...

County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell discusses the charge of first-degree murder in the killing of police Officer Michael Langsdorf Monday, June 24, 2019.

Murphy, O’Donnell hosting joint town hall with prosecuting attorney, South County police

October 20, 2021

South County representatives are hosting a town hall Oct. 30 to address car, home and garage break-ins in the community. The event is from noon to 2 p.m. at Bernard Middle School, 1054 Forder Road,...

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