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South St. Louis County News

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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...

Mehlville makes changes to grab-and-go meals as high school students return to four days a week in person

Mehlville makes changes to grab-and-go meals as high school students return to four days a week in person

March 9, 2021

The Mehlville School District is making what it is calling a "slight change" to its curbside grab-and-go meals since high school students are returning in person four days a week. The curbside grab-and-go...

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...

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

Koenig-sponsored bill that limits TIFs in flood plains passes Senate unanimously

March 8, 2021

The Missouri Senate on Thursday passed Senate Bill 22, which reforms the use of tax-increment financing in flood plains. Tax-increment financing allows a developer to refund or divert a portion of their...

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...

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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