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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Lindbergh High School Class of 2020, official class photo

Grad Salute: Lindbergh High Class of 2020

May 27, 2020

Congratulations Lindbergh High School seniors for a terrific achievement. To see this year's Grad Salute and greetings from the South County business community, celebrate with the May 28 print edition...

Andy Michael had this lovely view in the spring.

PHOTOS: Call Newspapers readers show off their spring blooms

May 18, 2020

Our readers showed off some of their spring blooms on Facebook. Enjoy the scenery and send us photos of your spring or summer blooms to glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com.

GALLERY: Cliff Cave Trail hikers practice social distancing

GALLERY: Cliff Cave Trail hikers practice social distancing

May 12, 2020

With a packed parking lot leading to a packed park, visitors to the trail at Cliff Cave Park in Oakville got some practice with social distancing in the beautiful weather Sunday, May 3, before our current...

Caregiver Denise Phelps helps her 85-year-old uncle, William Speck, with groceries obtained from Feed My People in Lemay, Mo., on April 24, 2020.

Feed My People seeking donations on Give STL Day and beyond due to rising need

May 5, 2020

Almost 17 percent of the 22,000 people served by Lemay-based food pantry Feed My People each year are seniors over the age of 60, a high-risk group for COVID-19. Seniors living in poverty must often choose...

SLCL staff packaging library books to hand out during drive-thru meal service.

St. Louis County Library will hand out free books along with drive-thru meals

May 5, 2020

St. Louis County Library will provide free books to families attending drive-thru meal service starting at 10 a.m. Monday, May 11. Each family will receive a bag containing three new books – one for...

Star Wars Fan Fest 2018 at Grants View

May the Fourth be with you: A look back at library’s Star Wars Fest

May 4, 2020

The St. Louis County Library's Star Wars Fest at the Grant's View Library has become an annual tradition in South County. It usually takes place around May 4, Star Wars Day. But with all county library...

Birthday parades have become a fun activity during the stay-at-home order in effect in St. Louis County due to the coronavirus. During the parades, residents drive by the birthday celebrant’s house separately in their cars, keeping social distancing. The events are organized online, in Facebook groups like Lindbergh Community Birthday Parades, Oakville Birthday Parades and Mehlville Birthday Parades. Above, Ryan from Crestwood got a parade for his birthday April 6, 2020.

GALLERY: Birthday parades bring joy to special days during stay-at-home order

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 1, 2020

Birthday parades have become a fun activity during the stay-at-home order in effect in St. Louis County due to the coronavirus. During the parades, residents drive by the birthday celebrant’s house separately...

‘Code Sunshine’ is a welcome birthday gift: After being admitted for COVID-19 to Mercy Hospital South on his daughter’s birthday, April 2, Bill finally went home last week with his wife, Lynn – on his own 68th birthday. Bill, a COVID-19 patient who only wanted to provide his first name, spent three weeks at Mercy Hospital South, with a week on a ventilator and two weeks in intensive care. He was treated with convalescent plasma donated by someone recovered from COVID-19. 
Mercy South calls a ‘Code Sunshine’ to celebrate with COVID-19 patients as they leave the hospital. After Bill left through the lobby with Lynn to cheers from workers lining the halls, some of his nurses and therapists signed his shirt with their motto ‘Stayin’ Alive.’

VIDEO: COVID-19 patient goes home on his birthday; ‘Code Sunshine’ is the call

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 1, 2020

After two weeks in intensive care and a week on a ventilator, a Mercy Hospital South patient headed home last week on his birthday, his coronavirus battle behind him. After being admitted on his daughter’s...

In this still from a YouTube video of the Cruisin Lindbergh event April 18, a car prepares to do a burnout on the Ronnies Plaza parking lot as onlookers gather.

‘Cruisin’ Lindbergh’ gets a lot of attention, but seems unlikely to happen again

April 29, 2020

It’s a pastime many area drivers have participated in for decades, but cruising South Lindbergh Boulevard never got so much attention as it did two Saturdays ago, when crowds descended on the famous...

Students at Wohlwend Elementary in Oakville, above, along with Rogers and Forder, stood
outside their houses Sunday to wave as their teachers drove by in a parade.

PHOTOS: Mehlville teachers ‘visit’ students with parade

April 3, 2020

In a possible farewell to the students they're missing, teachers from Wohlwend, Forder and Rogers elementaries held a makeshift parade in their individual cars and drove pasts students' homes. Students...

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