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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Lindbergh Schools Lead Nurse Jessica Franklin is the districts 2021 Support Staff Person of the Year. Superintendent Tony Lake surprised her with the announcement Tuesday, April 27, 2021.

Lindbergh head nurse Jessica Franklin named Support Staff Person of the Year

May 10, 2021

Lindbergh Schools named the district's Lead Nurse Jessica Franklin as the 2021 Support Staff Person of the Year "for her tireless, compassionate leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic." Since March 2020,...

The Lindbergh Strolling Strings perform in Scotland in summer 2017.

Lindbergh Strolling Strings takes Music Trivia Night online; here’s how to play

May 10, 2021

The Lindbergh High School Strolling Strings came up with a creative online version of its annual Music Trivia Night to raise money for the Music for Lifelong Achievement program that premiers tonight. The...

The Lindbergh Schools Foundation surprised (L-R) Shelli Manley, Julie Roy and Kristen Macke of Sperreng Middle School on Friday, Jan. 4 with a 2018 Spirit of Lindbergh teacher grant.

A look back: Lindbergh Foundation funds teachers’ original inventive ideas

May 9, 2021

Editor's note: The Lindbergh Foundation has been awarding grants to innovative teachers all year, but here's a look back to the ones awarded in 2019.  The Lindbergh Schools Foundation continued its...

Agreement for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood hits roadblock

Agreement for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood hits roadblock

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 6, 2021

Crestwood and Sunset Hills may be sister cities, but the cities’ aldermen had opposite reactions to a proposal for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood. The Crestwood Board of Aldermen...

Shields block individual tables from one another at Robertos Trattoria, using Plexiglas barriers in June 2020.

County, city reopening with no capacity limits

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 3, 2021

St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis are open again without any capacity restrictions for the first time in more than a year, although restrictions such as masks and social distancing continue. Under...

A fire at Manor Chemical Company plant, 6901 Heege Road, as seen from the new Tower Tee facility currently under construction, Thursday, April 29. The four-alarm chemical fire forced evacuations of residents near the plant, but the fire was fully contained by the end of the day and residents were able to return to their homes that evening.

Everyone safe after fire destroys Affton chemical plant; chief recounts the scene

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 30, 2021

A four-alarm chemical fire that sent mushroom clouds of smoke over Affton and forced evacuations of residents Thursday afternoon was something Affton fire officials had long dreaded, but the blaze was...

In this December 1979 black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places, the view of the house is seen from the southeast.

Study will review Sappington cabin’s move

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 29, 2021

A 200-year-old cabin is one step closer to possibly making the move to Crestwood after the Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance last week for an engineering firm to study what it would require to transport...

Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch at a May 2019 meeting.

Boards weigh return to meeting in person

By Erin Achenbach and Gloria Lloyd April 27, 2021

With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming more and more available, the St. Louis County Council and most South County municipalities are eyeing a possible return in late spring or summer to in-person meetings. The...

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