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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Voters line up outside Cliff Cave Library in Oakville Tuesday, Aug. 5, to vote in the primary election.

Turnout tops 72 percent as long lines to vote move quickly in South County

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 3, 2020

Voters who didn’t vote early or by mail were waiting in lines hundreds of people deep throughout South County as Election Day kicked off. By 4 p.m., the St. Louis County Board of Elections said that...

Pedestrian hit, killed by car outside Affton polling place

Pedestrian hit, killed by car outside Affton polling place

November 3, 2020

Traffic outside an Affton voting site was restricted Tuesday morning as a woman was hit by a car and killed just as voting officially kicked off. Officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct of the St....

Students at Oakville Elementary participate in Kids Voting for the November 2018 election.

Satellite voting is open in St. Louis County through Monday ahead of Nov. 3 election

October 30, 2020

The November general election is five days away, and it’s important for voters who still need to cast their vote to understand their options for voting prior to or on Election Day. The St. Louis County...

Gov. Mike Parson enters the stage, passing State Auditor Nicole Galloway before the Missouri gubernatorial debate at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 (Robert Cohen for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Video: Watch the only debate between candidates for Missouri governor

October 30, 2020

The Missouri Press Association/KOMU-8 2020 Gubernatorial Forum took place Friday, Oct. 9, at the Missouri Theatre. The forum was broadcast and livestreamed across Missouri and nationally on CSPAN. The...

South County Election Guide 2020

South County Election Guide 2020

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 29, 2020

From president to local contests in Missouri, St. Louis County and South County, a number of important elections will be decided Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the Call Newspapers Election Guide is here to give...

Erica Hoffman, left, talks with fellow South County Missouri House candidate Ann Zimpfer at an event  Saturday, Oct. 24, at a house in Grantwood Village for Democrats running featuring State Auditor Nicole Galloway, who is running for governor. Hoffman is running in the 96th District and Zimpfer is running in the 95th District.

Hoffman works with Syberg’s to get off union boycott list

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 29, 2020

Syberg’s Restaurants, which includes Helen Fitzgerald’s and Twisted Tree in Sunset Hills, was removed from union boycott lists late last year after Erica Hoffman, candidate for state representative...

Rep. David Gregory is pictured above meeting a constituent and her dog at a September 2020 food drive event he and Rep. Jim Murphy co-sponsored at Mehlville High School.

Missouri has a new law that makes carjacking a crime, after push by Gregory

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 28, 2020

Missouri officially has a law on the books that establishes the crime of vehicular hijacking for carjacking crimes, passed by the Missouri General Assembly this legislative session as part of a broader...

Rep. Doug Beck, left, and David Lenihan, right.

Senate hopefuls Beck and Lenihan debate health care, economy and more in forum

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 27, 2020

Rep. Doug Beck, D-Affton, discussed issues such as health care and the economy with his Republican rival for the 1st District Missouri Senate seat, political newcomer David Lenihan, in a virtual forum...

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