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South St. Louis County News

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St. Louis County holding a Virtual Job Fair today and Friday

St. Louis County holding a Virtual Job Fair today and Friday

June 18, 2020

St. Louis County Workforce Development will be hosting a Virtual Job Fair that continues today, Thursday, June 18, along with Friday, June 19. The event will feature multiple industries and many employers...

Socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive organized by Oakville High student

Socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive organized by Oakville High student

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 17, 2020

A socially distanced Black Lives Matter drive will take place Wednesday in Oakville, organized by an Oakville High School student. The drive, organized by Thomas Schartner, a 2020 OHS graduate and son...

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 School District is providing food to students in June through Operation Food Search

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 16, 2020

Children 18 and under living in the Mehlville School District will be provided with additional meals through the month of June thanks to Operation Food Search, which will be providing food boxes for pickup...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page helps pack food into a trunk in May 2020 while handing out meals at the Weber Road Library in Affton with the St. Louis County Library and Operation Food Searchs drive-thru meals program.

St. Louis County awards $2.6 million in grants to five organizations providing food

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 16, 2020

St. Louis County is spending $2.6 million from its federal funding for the coronavirus response for food banks and other organizations delivering food to St. Louis County residents, including those in...

Students in the Summer Acceleration program held in June 2017 at Blades Elementary in Oakville learn how to make slime.

Mehlville summer school looks different; registration still open for July

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 15, 2020

Summer school looks a bit different this year to Mehlville School District students enrolled in the 2020 session, as continued social distancing efforts to mitigate the spread COVID-19 has forced classes...

The Sunset Hills pool seen from above.

Sunset Hills aldermen approve plan for residents to use Crestwood pool this summer

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 15, 2020

Members of the Sunset Hills pool, which is closed this summer, can buy passes to the Crestwood pool at Crestwood resident rates under a plan the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen approved Friday. In a special...

Lindbergh High 2020 graduate Karen Guo waves to spectators during a May 26 car parade for graduates, since an in-person graduation has been postponed due to COVID-19.

Lindbergh Class of 2020 will get a drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 12, 2020

Lindbergh High School will hold its 2020 graduation Friday, June 26, at the PowerPlex complex at the former St. Louis Mills mall in Hazelwood. The school will have an outdoor drive-in graduation ceremony,...

Oakville High graduates and their families celebrated the Class of 2020’s achievements with a drive-by graduation parade in May. Officials still hold out hope that despite the coronavirus pandemic, in-person graduation ceremonies can be held later this summer. Photo by Kim Brady Photography.

Mehlville and Oakville graduations move to St. Charles Family Arena

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 12, 2020

The Mehlville School District has moved graduations for Oakville and Mehlville high schools to the Family Arena in St. Charles, after the Chaifetz Arena in the city of St. Louis canceled the schools’...

The Sunset Hills pool seen from above.

Sunset Hills will not open its pool this year, considers Crestwood collaboration

June 11, 2020

Sunset Hills will not open its pool this year. The decision to close the Sunset Hills Aquatic Facility in Watson Trail Park comes because of the timing and extra regulations that would be required if...

The pool at the Crestwood Aquatic Centers lazy river and slide, as seen in a photo from Westport Pools.

Crestwood pool will open Monday with reservations, masks and possible Sunset Hills collaboration

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 11, 2020

The Crestwood Aquatic Center will be open beginning Monday, June 15, but the pool will operate under COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and requirements for social distancing that will make this year’s...

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