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Competitive races set across South County for April election

Competitive races set across South County for April election

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor January 23, 2025

Candidate filing closed Dec. 31 for municipal offices and school board positions across south St. Louis County for the April 8 election.  Up for election this year are municipal seats in Crestwood,...

State Rep. Brad Christ, R-Sappington.

Scholarships, degrees and hazing: Missouri higher education bills to watch in 2025

By Maria Benevento, Missouri Independent January 22, 2025

Missouri lawmakers are proposing bigger scholarships for students with financial need, allowing more universities to grant engineering and medical degrees, and supporting aid to victims of hazing. Ahead...

Lindbergh, local school districts collaborate to host hiring event

Lindbergh, local school districts collaborate to host hiring event

January 16, 2025

Lindbergh Schools – along with the Kirkwood School District, the Webster Groves School District and the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District – is participating in a Diversity Collaborative Hiring...

Drawing provided by Sally Cakouros, site manager for Historic Sappington Houses.

Sappington House Foundation to begin reconstruction, preservation of 210-year-old Joseph Sappington Log House

January 9, 2025

After being rescued from destruction at its original location in Affton two years ago, the reconstruction and preservation of the 1816 Joseph Sappington Log House is finally beginning.  The Sappington...

Elliot's self-portrait. Photo courtesy of Lindbergh Schools.

Crestwood Elementary fifth graders send self-portrait ornaments to the White House

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor January 2, 2025

Ten fifth grade students at Crestwood Elementary School learned on Dec. 19 that their self-portraits created in art class earlier this year were requested by the White House to trim the presidential...

 Lindbergh forward Samantha Colvin (40) looks downcourt for a possible pass, doubling back to make room from defending a Marquette player (21).

Local girls basketball teams doing well this season

By Jeremy Housewright, For the Call December 31, 2024

Each of the area’s girls basketball teams have seen some success early on in the season, with Oakville leading the way at 4-2.  Head coach Laura Bishop says she is seeing improvement everyday. “I...

Students create ornaments to send to the White House by tracing circles and cutting out copies of the self-portraits they painted at the beginning of the school year.

Ten Crestwood Elementary fifth graders send self-portrait ornaments to the White House

By Ellie Marshall, News Editor December 24, 2024

Ten fifth grade students at Crestwood Elementary School learned on Dec. 19 that their self-portraits created in art class earlier this year were requested by the White House to trim the presidential...

St. Louis man eludes capture after stealing two vehicles from South County in two days

St. Louis man eludes capture after stealing two vehicles from South County in two days

December 20, 2024

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges on Dec. 10 on suspect William Bishop, Jr., 39, of the 6500 block of Hancock Avenue in St. Louis, for two counts of stealing a motor vehicle...

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