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Mehlville resumes speaker series next month

October 29, 2021

The Mehlville School District is hosting the second installment of its speaker series focusing on its “Portrait of Graduate” with the second event set for Wednesday, Nov. 10.  The event, titled...

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 21, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously set its 2021 tax rate — which governs how much taxpayers pay in their property taxes due Dec. 31 — at a Sept. 29 tax-rate hearing.  The...

Mehlville looks at safety beyond Prop S

Mehlville looks at safety beyond Prop S

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 20, 2021

One of the main priorities within the Mehlville School District’s strategic plan is safety, and with the passage of Proposition S — a $35 million no-tax-rate increase bond measure — in April, the...

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last month to continue requiring universal masking inside all district facilities for all students, staff and administrators regardless of vaccination status.  The...

With parents and a student sitting behind him socially distanced, Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines presents bond issue information to the Board of Education, including conceptual drawings, at the Oct. 15, 2020, board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ then board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Mehlville passes next five-year phase of district’s strategic plan

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education passed the next five-year iteration of the district’s strategic plan last month, after years of planning and gathering feedback from the community about what the next...

A hometown hero’s homecoming

October 16, 2021

Three-time Stanley Cup champion and South County’s very own Pat Maroon paid a visit to his alma mater Sept. 15 at Oakville High School, donning an OHS hockey jersey. Maroon won his third Stanley Cup...

Back in action at STEM Club

October 15, 2021

Students in the Rogers Elementary STEM club design marble runs Sept. 16 using their creativity to move a marble from one point to another at the first meeting of the new school year. The STEM club is an...

Mehlville welcomes students back to class

Mehlville welcomes students back to class

October 14, 2021

Oakville Middle School cheerleaders greet buses as they arrive for the first day of school in the Mehlville School District Wednesday, Aug. 25. Like neighboring Lindbergh Schools, Mehlville is requiring...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning 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.

St. Louis County continues to give out millions in rental assistance

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 6, 2021

St. Louis County is ahead of schedule in awarding Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds to landlords and tenants. County Executive Sam Page announced Sept. 30 the county has given out $18 million...

Prop R progress coming along at Hancock with roof and HVAC work

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 30, 2021

The Hancock Place School District was awarded its first bond issue since 2011 in April after voters overwhelmingly approved the measure with 81 percent voting in favor.  The $13.25 million no-tax-rate-increase...

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