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South St. Louis County News

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A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine for Mercys Chief Medical officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 nurses on Dec. 14 and another 20 nurses on Dec. 15.

‘Mega sites’ for COVID-19 vaccination will be held in St. Louis starting this weekend

March 17, 2021

Several state-hosted "mega sites" for COVID-19 vaccination will be held in St. Louis starting this weekend, Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday. Missouri will host a mega vaccination site at St. Louis...

A teacher from Mehlville High School works with students in person after the Jan. 19, 2020 return, high schoolers’ first time in school in person since November.

St. Louis County will hold a mass vaccination event next week just for educators

March 16, 2021

St. Louis County will hold a mass COVID-19 vaccination event just for educators next week, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced Tuesday. The St. Louis County Department of Public Health will conduct...

A Hancock student receives a free Playtime Pad tablet from the St. Louis County Library in spring 2020, before St. Louis Countys mask mandate went into effect for young children.

St. Louis County Library branches open by appointment only starting March 23; reservations open now

March 16, 2021

The St. Louis County Library will reopen all 20 of its branches in phases starting next week, with all branches open by 45-minute appointments only beginning Tuesday, March 23. Appointments are available...

Gov. Mike Parson signs HB 397 and hands the signed bill to the daughter of Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman after it was signed in 2019.  Also pictured is Sen. Jeanie Riddle.

Harrowing tales of abuse told to lawmakers from youth home survivors

By Rachel Behrndt, Missouri News Network March 13, 2021

JEFFERSON CITY — Tears flowed as survivors of so-called “faith-based youth homes” told stories of abuse and humiliation to Missouri lawmakers last month. One young man attempted to hang himself...

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.

St. Louis VA opens vaccines to veterans of all ages

March 12, 2021

VA St. Louis Health Care System has eliminated age requirements for enrolled veterans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at its area vaccine clinics. To date, close to 22,000 Missouri and Illinois veterans...

Sen. Andrew Koenig speaks at the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in summer 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Efforts renewed to expand Missouri’s online sales tax

By Wicker Perlis, Missouri News Network March 12, 2021

JEFFERSON CITY — In an attempt to level the playing field for Missouri businesses, all online retailers could soon be required to pay sales taxes in the state. Three bills attempting to do just that...

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, announced his retirement March 8, and said that he would not seek re-election to his seat in 2022. Former State Sen. Scott Sifton, a Democrat, said earlier this year that he would be running for Blunts seat next year, although it is unclear who his Republican challenger might be.

Blunt announcement that he won’t run again in 2022 will likely spark crowded GOP Senate primary

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent March 11, 2021

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt announced Monday he will not seek a third term, a shock to Missouri’s political system that could set off a scrum to replace him next year. In a message posted on social media, Blunt...

MFPD Chief Brian Hendricks speaks at a board meeting in 2019.

‘That didn’t go our way’: Mehlville Fire budget has $1.4 million deficit

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 11, 2021

With an uncertain financial future highlighted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Mehlville Fire Protection District has a deficit budget for the first time in many years. The MFPD Board of Directors...

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...

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