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South St. Louis County News

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

Three years in as superintendent, Lake looking ahead for Lindbergh

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2021

Superintendent Tony Lake has spent three years at the helm of Lindbergh Schools and is set to lead the district for at least another three after the Board of Education extended his contract through 2024. After...

Neighbors Credit Union in Green Park, 6300 S. Lindbergh.

Neighbors Credit Union will expand its Lindbergh site

May 19, 2021

Neighbors Credit Union will be expanding its South Lindbergh Boulevard location under plans set to go to the Green Park Board of Aldermen. The Green Park Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval...

Heartland Industries employees around 160 people, including full-time, part-time and temporary staff. At any given time, there are around 120 employees working.

Heartland Industries makes employee dropoff easier

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 17, 2021

The Green Park Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of an amended development plan this month for Heartland Industries LLC to change its parking lot and make employee dropoff and pick-up...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton that is the first in the state. The food truck garden officially opened July 3.

St. Louis County, city lift mask mandates for vaccinated people, following new federal guidance

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 14, 2021

St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis are lifting the mask mandates for vaccinated people along with most other public-health orders in the St. Louis region as of Friday, following new guidance from...

Mehlville Fire approves preliminary tax rates after 9.5-percent hike for assessments

Mehlville Fire approves preliminary tax rates after 9.5-percent hike for assessments

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 13, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors has unanimously approved preliminary tax rates for this year that likely equate to the lowest rates in the county. At the April 7 meeting, Chief...

The Affton School District held a vaccination event for its teachers and other staff members the first day teachers were eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, March 15. Other school districts like Mehlville and Lindbergh have also hosted events to vaccinate their staff.

Missouri lawmakers pass bill limiting local health orders, banning vaccine passports

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent May 12, 2021

As the state of Missouri battles its second year of the novel coronavirus’ spread, lawmakers on Wednesday sent to the governor’s desk a bill that aims to rein in local public health orders and ban...

Missouri legislators approve prescription drug monitoring program, goes to governor for signature

Missouri legislators approve prescription drug monitoring program, goes to governor for signature

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent May 11, 2021

In an historic vote, the Missouri House signed off Tuesday on legislation creating a prescription drug monitoring program — inching one step closer to ending Missouri’s designation as the only state...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

Missouri sues St. Louis County over COVID-19 mandates

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 11, 2021

Representing the state of Missouri, Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging St. Louis County's ongoing public-health mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit,...

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 11, 2021

A lower COVID-19 transmission rate in the St. Louis region and declining case averages have paved the way for Mehlville School District students to attend class five days a week in person, and with more...

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