South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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North County Police Cooperative Assistant Chief Ron Martin speaks at a press conference in June.

Police officer fatally shot in North County was from South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 24, 2019

North County Police Cooperative Officer Michael Langsdorf, a South County native, died after being shot Sunday afternoon at a food market in Wellston. Langsdorf, 40, responded to a call at Clay’s...

Pictured above: A piece of plywood is used to temporarily cover-up the broken window at Heyde Sewing Machine Company on Lindbergh Boulevard after two suspects broke through the window the morning of Saturday, June 15 and stole two sewing machines. Each machine cost $20,000 each and police are still investigating the burglary. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Sewing machine company robbed in South County

June 21, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com  A South County sewing-machine company was robbed in the early hours of Saturday morning, and police are still looking for the suspects...

Man goes on Dollar General crime spree in Lemay

Man goes on Dollar General crime spree in Lemay

June 21, 2019

Police are looking for a man who went on a Dollar General crime spree in South County, robbing two of the stores along Lemay Ferry Road at gunpoint. The robbery and another attempted robbery started...

Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

June 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Metro St. Louis had a record ridership day and no security incidents Saturday during the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup parade, with an unprecedented...

A drunk driver plowed a car overnight into the wall of this condo, as seen Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Drunk driver crashes car into wall of condo; residents evacuated

June 19, 2019

Some residents are displaced after a drunk driver drove his car into the side of a condo complex near Forder Road overnight. The car, a white 2016 Honda Accord, crashed into the wall at the Forder...

The St. Louis Fire Departments Marine 2 rescue boat responds to a rescue in the Mississippi River that turned into a recovery effort.

UPDATED: Body found in Mississippi River identified as missing Affton man

June 19, 2019

The body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday has been identified as a missing man from Affton. George Huber, 70, was found dead in the river on the South County/South City line by the St. Louis...

UPDATED: Man in South County found safe after endangered person advisory

UPDATED: Man in South County found safe after endangered person advisory

June 12, 2019

A man in South County was found safe Wednesday after an endangered person advisory was issued for him after he went missing Tuesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that William Harris,...

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announces that she will perform an audit of St. Louis County at the St. Louis County Library headquarters May 15, 2019, after the County Council voted unanimously to approve an audit May 7. Former County Executive Steve Stenger requested an audit of the county two years ago, but then-council Chairman Sam Page, now the county executive, declined.

Galloway to conduct state audits in St. Louis County post-Stenger

June 4, 2019

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announces that she will perform an audit of St. Louis County at the St. Louis County Library headquarters May 15, after the County Council voted unanimously to approve...

Bill Miller, right, former chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, exits the Thomas F. Eagleton Court House in downtown St. Louis May 31. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Former St. Louis County Chief of Staff Bill Miller pleads guilty to felony corruption, faces prison time

May 31, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com He called it “the art of staying in power,” but Bill Miller, who served as chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger,...

Stengers son Lincoln Stenger, 2, right, with Bill Miller during the watch party. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Stenger’s former Chief of Staff Bill Miller to plead guilty to federal corruption charges Friday

May 30, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The dominoes are continuing to fall in former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s public corruption scandal. The U.S. Attorney’s...

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