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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Defeating the doldrums of winter

By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call February 21, 2024

The winter months. The weather is often cold and gloomy. We tend to spend less time outdoors and reduce our exposure to sunlight. We tend to find that we have low energy and tiredness and begin to lose...

OHS prevails in late-season rivalry game

By Jeremy Housewright, For the Call February 20, 2024

In a late-season matchup of rivals on Feb. 9, Oakville boys basketball prevailed over Mehlville, 68-59. “This was our most complete game of the season,” Oakville head coach Nathan Traxler said. “We...

Lindbergh falls to Ladue in tight matchup

By Jeremy Housewright, For the Call February 20, 2024

In one of the season’s best high school boys basketball games, the Lindbergh Flyers came up short on Feb. 6 to Ladue, 60-57. While Ladue moved to 20-1 on the season, Lindbergh slipped to 16-5. Lindbergh...

League of Women Voters, Call Newspapers hosting Mehlville school board candidate forum

League of Women Voters, Call Newspapers hosting Mehlville school board candidate forum

February 20, 2024

The League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis and Call Newspapers are hosting a forum March 5 for residents to hear from the candidates running for the four open seats on the Mehlville School District...

Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Lindbergh Schools hosting open house Saturday for community to tour new high school building

February 20, 2024

Lindbergh Schools is holding an open house on Saturday to give community members the opportunity to explore the new Lindbergh High School and student learning spaces. The event is scheduled for Saturday,...

Thomas Jefferson School in Sunset Hills reflects on 78 years of education

Thomas Jefferson School in Sunset Hills reflects on 78 years of education

By Ellie Marshall, Staff Reporter February 20, 2024

1946 was an exciting year for St. Louis. The Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox to win their sixth World Series championship and the first known phone call from a car was made. More broadly, World War II...

Missouri’s first Safe Haven Baby Box was installed in South County at the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Engine House No. 2, 5434 Telegraph Road. The box was dedicated at a ribbon cutting event Aug. 8, pictured above, which was attended by Rep. Jim Murphy of Oakville (pictured center) – who sponsored the legislation for the baby boxes, Mehlville Fire Chief Brian Hendricks and Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe. The boxes are designed to let parents anonymously and safely surrender newborns at firehouses, hospitals and other public safety locations.

First baby surrendered at MFPD firehouse

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 20, 2024

The Safe Haven Baby Box has seen its first drop-off nearly six months after being installed at a Mehlville Fire Protection District engine house in Oakville. The baby box, the first in Missouri, was installed...

A rendering of the Castle Bluff Energy Center. Courtesy of Ameren Missouri.

Ameren reveals plans for new natural gas facility in South County

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 20, 2024

Ameren Missouri is planning to build a new natural gas plant at the location of the former coal plant in south St. Louis County. The proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center would only be used as a backup...

Effort to place St. Louis police under state control returns in Missouri legislature

Effort to place St. Louis police under state control returns in Missouri legislature

By Debra Chandler Landis, Missouri Independent February 19, 2024

Missourians voted in 2013 to return control of the St. Louis police department to local officials, ending more than 150 years of state oversight. And almost immediately, state lawmakers began pushing...

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