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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Above, the safety vestibule and new front entrance at Special School Districts North County Technical High School is under construction. South County Techs safety vestibule will be a similar project.

South County Tech set to add classroooms and secure vestibule in expansion

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 3, 2021

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen unanimously approved changes to an expansion proposed by the Special School District of St. Louis County at South County Technical High School that will add classrooms...

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.

Missouri ‘vaccination gap’ worst in St. Louis County, consultant hired by state finds

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent March 3, 2021

A consulting firm hired by the state has repeatedly found Missouri’s urban centers have the largest “vaccination gap” — the estimated number of eligible residents who still haven’t received their...

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...

Demetrius Owens, left, and Ryan Jones, right.

Serial burglars charged with stealing more than $50,000 of perfume, merchandise from Ulta Beauty

March 1, 2021

Two men face charges that they robbed a series of Ulta Beauty stores across St. Louis, including the store in South County. St. Louis County prosecutors have charged Demetrius Owens, 18, and Ryan Jones,...

A patron picks up some books at the reopening of the St. Louis County Librarys Daniel Boone Branch Library in Ellisville on June 19, 2020. Some areas of the library are sectioned off for social distancing.

All St. Louis area libraries plan to reopen in March

March 1, 2021

The St. Louis County Library will reopen on an undisclosed date in March, after closing all libraries to anything except curbside since last summer. The decision has been made in tandem with libraries...

Citizens vote at the Sunset Hills Community Center April 2, 2019.

Missouri Republicans look to reinstate voter ID requirement

By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent February 27, 2021

About 137,700 registered voters in Missouri did not have a state-issued identification in 2017, according to an analysis from the secretary of state’s office.  Another 140,000 voters had expired IDs,...

Five Oakville, Mehlville High students honored as National Merit finalists for 2021

Five Oakville, Mehlville High students honored as National Merit finalists for 2021

February 26, 2021

Five Mehlville School District students have been named National Merit Scholarship Program finalists for 2021, including three seniors at Oakville High School and two seniors at Mehlville High School. Oakville...

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 County wants to set record for vaccinations this week; here are all the lists to sign up

February 26, 2021

St. Louis County hopes to set a record this week for the number of vaccines it has been able to give in a week, along with adding capacity for more shots in the future. St. Louis County received 6,000...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Louis Countys 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 Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Missouri teachers and ‘critical infrastructure’ workers eligible for COVID vaccine by mid-March

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent February 26, 2021

Teachers, childcare providers, employees of food processing plants and other critical infrastructure workers will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting March 15, Gov. Mike Parson announced...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Oakville and Mehlville high school students will return to four days in person starting March 9

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 26, 2021

Students at Oakville and Mehlville high schools will attend class in person four days a week starting in March, after almost a year of hybrid or virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mehlville...

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