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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

Mail-in voting expansion has expired, leaving fewer options for April election

February 12, 2021

With the April general municipal election six weeks away, the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissions is reminding voters that they will have fewer ways to vote compared to the elections held in...

Mehlville buses honored by state patrol

Mehlville buses honored by state patrol

February 11, 2021

For the 25th year, the Mehlville School District transportation department has been honored for its bus maintenance by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The department received the “Exemplary School...

This is from a video showing how to use the GrandPad.

St. Louis County, library offer ‘GrandPads’ to connect seniors with technology

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 11, 2021

The St. Louis County Library is debuting what it calls an “exciting new program that links seniors to technology,” taking applications now for specially designed computer devices that will allow senior...

Members of the Visiting Nurses Association, National Guard, county employees and volunteers help administer COVID-19 vaccines at a mass vaccination site in Ferguson Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The county announced Tuesday that in addition to the mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, additional vaccination sites would open in the Mehlville, Affton and Eureka fire protection districts, which will begin administering vaccines to eligible members of the public who have appointments Thursday.

Fire districts including Mehlville and Affton working with county to vaccinate group-home residents

February 11, 2021

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is partnering with fire districts in South County and elsewhere in the county to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to about 1,000 residents and staff in group...

Candidate drops off Lindbergh ballot, but district still has to pay for election to be held

Candidate drops off Lindbergh ballot, but district still has to pay for election to be held

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 11, 2021

Three candidates had filed for the Lindbergh Board of Education’s April 6 election for two seats at the time filing closed Jan. 20, but one of the candidates later dropped out. Current board President...

The National Weather Service posted this graphic to Twitter Feb. 10, 2021.

National Weather Service warns of winter weather, slippery roads through Wednesday evening

February 10, 2021

Snow and freezing drizzle is expected to fall in the St. Louis region through 6 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said as it issued a winter weather advisory. Snow of up to 1 inch and a glaze...

Plexiglas shields protect Robertos patrons from one another, as seen in June 2020 when restaurants could reopen to indoor dining in St. Louis County after a stay-at-home order.

St. Louis County allows restaurants and bars to expand to 50-percent capacity

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County will allow businesses, including restaurants and bars, to expand capacity to 50 percent beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The county said the change comes with a decrease in cases and...

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 may halt COVID-19 vaccines this week as state declines to send doses

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County officials say they may have pause COVID-19 vaccine efforts this week due to a lack of vaccine supply from the state, despite the county kicking off mass vaccine efforts by opening four...

Above left, Rogers Elementary first grader Dominic Vallejo works at school wearing a mask Dec. 16, 2020, as Mehlville school signs, right, ask the community to do the same.

South County school districts take different approaches to snow days, starting today

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

With virtual learning an option on a snow day for the first time this year in Missouri, some South County school districts are rethinking snow days, starting with today. Due to the winter weather overnight...

An overview from the Missouri Department of Transportation showing the improvements it plans along seven miles of South Lindbergh Boulevard, from Kirkwood to South County Center.

MoDOT holds virtual open house on Lindbergh resurfacing between Big Bend and Barracksview

February 8, 2021

The Missouri Department of Transportation is proposing a revamp of South Lindbergh Boulevard and is holding a virtual public hearing on the plan this week. MoDOT says it will resurface Lindbergh Boulevard...

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