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South St. Louis County News

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Outdoor learning in fall 2020 at Abiding Savior Lutheran School in South County.

South County Lutheran schools accepting tours by appointment, celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week

February 1, 2021

More than 8,000 students at 34 Lutheran schools in the St. Louis area celebrated National Lutheran Schools Week, Jan. 24-30, 2021. The schools, members of the St. Louis-based Lutheran Elementary School...

Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 30, 2021

It’s never been more obvious what the top story of a year was, as 2020 will always be remembered as the year a global pandemic stopped life as we know it everywhere. But South County also made national...

The Green Park Shop n Save, one of the Shop n Saves in the area that was converted to a Schnucks in 2018.

Schnucks is closing Green Park grocery store taken over from Shop ‘n Save in 2018

January 28, 2021

Schnucks will be closing its grocery store in Green Park in February, the company announced Thursday. Schnuck Markets, Inc. announced Thursday that it will not renew the lease of its store at 5780 South...

Sen. Andrew Koenig speaks at the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in summer 2018.

Senator Andrew Koenig tests positive for COVID-19: Fighting public-health orders, he said risking COVID is ‘my choice’

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent January 28, 2021

A state Senator who represents South County and West County and has been a harsh critic of business restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19 has tested positive for the contagion and may...

Intensive care nurse Nicole Boyer speaks with reporters after being one of the first 20 nurses at Mercy Hospital South to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Boyer, who works in the ICU, has seen the worst of the worst of COVID-19 cases.

St. Louis County announces plan for mass vaccination sites, starting in Ferguson

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 27, 2021

St. Louis County will open a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Ferguson, with plans to open similar sites across the county, but it’s not yet known when the site will open and how many vaccines the state...

Members of the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020 graduate in masks at an outdoor drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in Hazelwood in June 2020.

Lindbergh High School moves to four days a week in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 27, 2021

Lindbergh High School students will begin to attend in-person class four days a week instead of the current two days a week of in-person learning with three days of virtual learning. Superintendent Tony...

In a photo tweeted by Gov. Mike Parson, Parson speaks at a Branson retreat in November 2020 to Missouri senators who were not wearing masks including, second from right, Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, who represents Sunset Hills, and third from right, Sen. Paul Wieland, R-Imperial, who represents Arnold.

Targeting St. Louis County, Republican lawmakers seek to curb local control over COVID-19 health orders

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent January 26, 2021

Editor's note: Since this hearing last week, Sen. Andrew Koenig tested positive for COVID-19, and Sen. Bill Eigel said that he had close contact with someone who tested positive and would isolate.  When...

Superintendent Chris Gaines asks supporters at a 2015 rally for Prop R to help him get out the vote so that he can hire reading coaches and keep experienced teachers in the district. Behind him are the Mehlville High School Pantherettes and the Oakville High School Golden Girls.

Voters to weigh in on Mehlville’s first bond issue since 1992

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 26, 2021

Voters in the Mehlville School District will decide in April whether or not to pass the district’s first facilities bond issue since 1992. The Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously last week...

MHS students wrap hundreds of shoeboxes filled with toys, clothes and household necessities to donate to families in need in Mehlville School District and a nearby district.

A look back: Mehlville High School students wrap presents for families in need

January 25, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Call is taking a look back at some of the past stories of South County. The holidays in 2020 weren't normal for most families, but here's a look back at students giving...

The Lindbergh Green Light Plan outlines the three phases of possible school openings and closures.

Lindbergh middle schools expand to four days a week in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 22, 2021

Middle schools in Lindbergh Schools will soon begin attending school in-person four days a week instead of the current rotating two days mixed with virtual learning. Superintendent Tony Lake announced...

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