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Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Construction kicks off on state-of-the-art Lindbergh High School after groundbreaking

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 20, 2020

Construction is underway on the new state-of-the-art Lindbergh High School, after the school district officially kicked off the project in a socially distanced groundbreaking Sept. 25. Sporting green...

Gov. Mike Parson tweeted this photo of himself without a mask speaking to a group of mostly maskless Republican senators in November 2020, including Sen. Andrew Koenig and Sen. Paul Wieland.

Gov. Parson reiterates opposition to statewide mask mandate in Missouri

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent November 20, 2020

A letter from the Missouri Hospital Association pleading for a state mask mandate was “not surprising,” Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday, as he repeated his opposition to statewide orders to limit...

‘Code Sunshine’ is a welcome birthday gift: After being admitted for COVID-19 to Mercy Hospital South on his daughter’s birthday, April 2, Bill finally went home last week with his wife, Lynn – on his own 68th birthday. Bill, a COVID-19 patient who only wanted to provide his first name, spent three weeks at Mercy Hospital South, with a week on a ventilator and two weeks in intensive care.

Missouri hospitals plead with Parson for statewide mask order

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent November 19, 2020

issouri hospitals warned “the wolf is at the door” in a letter to Gov. Mike Parson pleading for him to issue a statewide mask order to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19. Over the past two weeks,...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Lindbergh enrollment dips due to COVID-19

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 19, 2020

Enrollment is down this year at Lindbergh Schools, an unusual development for the school district that officials blame on the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the district has dropped in enrollment by 62 students...

Students graduate from Oakville High School in a socially distanced in-person graduation last July.

Mehlville, Oakville highs switch to all-virtual

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 18, 2020

Mehlville and Oakville high school students were set to return to all-virtual learning Monday, Nov. 16, the Mehlville School District announced Nov. 12 in an email to parents. Superintendent Chris Gaines...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton that is the first in the state. The food truck garden officially opened July 3.

Take our poll: Do you support St. Louis County’s new stay-at-home advisory?

November 18, 2020

With COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals, St. Louis County residents will be encouraged for the next month to stay home and only leave to go to work, school, medical care, grocery shopping and other...

Birthday parades have become a fun activity during the stay-at-home order in effect in St. Louis County due to the coronavirus. During the parades, residents drive by the birthday celebrant’s house separately in their cars, keeping social distancing. The events are organized online, in Facebook groups like Lindbergh Community Birthday Parades, Oakville Birthday Parades and Mehlville Birthday Parades. Above, Ryan from Crestwood got a parade for his birthday April 6, 2020.

St. Louis County stay-at-home advisory, indoor dining ban: Here’s what you need to know

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 17, 2020

With COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals and reaching record highs for yet another day, starting today St. Louis County residents will be encouraged to stay home and only leave to go to work, school,...

An Oakville Elementary student the first day of school in 2020.

With students in and out of school, teachers still worried despite air quality upgrades

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 17, 2020

The Mehlville School District is trying to make the return to schools safer for students and staff by upgrading air quality, but some teachers are still nervous about teaching in person during the COVID-19...

Curbside pickup was open at Helen Fitzgeralds in Sunset Hills March 18.

Restaurant association joins Bartolino’s lawsuit challenging St. Louis County dining ban

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 16, 2020

A statewide association of restaurants will join a lawsuit challenging the indoor dining ban that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page ordered to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, joining a lawsuit...

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.

Hospitals near capacity as virus surging locally and across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 16, 2020

St. Louis health leaders appealed to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate and stay-at-home advisory as a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms hospitals including Mercy Hospital South,...

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