South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Isad Menkovic, a third-grade student at Oakville Elementary, completes a math lesson.

All South County school districts go virtual, with Lindbergh keeping K-3 in classroom

By Gloria Lloyd and Erin Achenbach August 12, 2020

All five South County school districts are mostly going virtual to start the school year due to rising cases of the coronavirus in St. Louis County. Four of the five districts —  Mehlville, Affton,...

Mitchell Kohlberg, left, and David Lenihan, right.

Lenihan wins GOP nod in Missouri Senate’s 1st District

August 11, 2020

Oakville health CEO David Lenihan will face Rep. Doug Beck, D-Affton, after winning the Republican nomination for the 1st District Senate seat curently held by Scott Sifton. Facing Mitchell Kohlberg...

A tree fell on a pool in St. Louis County in storm damage Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.

Photos: Thousands still without power in South County after storms

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 11, 2020

Thousands of people in South County are waiting to have their electricity restored after powerful storms rolled through Monday night. So far, Ameren Missouri does not have an estimate when power will be...

Deadline to enroll for Mehlville virtual school Mehlville@Home is Monday

Deadline to enroll for Mehlville virtual school Mehlville@Home is Monday

August 9, 2020

The deadline to enroll in the Mehlville School District’s virtual school, Mehlville@Home, is Monday, Aug. 10. Students who choose the all-virtual school — which will be taught separately than the...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

Page likely wins two more years as county executive in four-way race

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 7, 2020

St. Louis County voters most likely gave County Executive Sam Page two more years in office by handing him a commanding victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday in a four-way race with two well-known...

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 will start school year with K-3 students in person, all virtual for 4-12

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 6, 2020

Lindbergh Schools will start school this fall with only students third grade and younger in the buildings, while all students from fourth grade through high school will be attending virtually due to the...

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.

St. Louis County Library closes all branches again, returns to curbside-only service

August 6, 2020

The St. Louis County Library again closed all its branches last week, in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The libraries returned to curbside-only service July 29, in a move announced...

A Mehlville School District employee hands out emergency food boxes from Operation Food Search to students receiving grab-and-go meals while students are out of school during the pandemic.

Mehlville Board of Education votes to start school year virtually

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 5, 2020

The Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously in an in-person meeting Wednesday night to start the 2020-2021 school year entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising cases in the St. Louis...

A Mehlville School District employee hands out emergency food boxes from Operation Food Search to students receiving grab-and-go meals while students are out of school during the pandemic.

Mehlville holds special board meeting to decide what school will look like

August 5, 2020

 The Mehlville Board of Education is holding an in-person meeting tonight to decide whether to start school this fall in person or all-virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will take...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

South County Election Results: Page and Burns win

August 4, 2020

A number of local primary races were decided in elections today, Tuesday, Aug. 4. Among the key races for South County, County Executive Sam Page earned a likely re-election bid over challengers Mark...

Load More Stories