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Five Oakville, Mehlville High students honored as National Merit finalists for 2021

Five Oakville, Mehlville High students honored as National Merit finalists for 2021

February 26, 2021

Five Mehlville School District students have been named National Merit Scholarship Program finalists for 2021, including three seniors at Oakville High School and two seniors at Mehlville High School. Oakville...

Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis Countys mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

St. Louis County wants to set record for vaccinations this week; here are all the lists to sign up

February 26, 2021

St. Louis County hopes to set a record this week for the number of vaccines it has been able to give in a week, along with adding capacity for more shots in the future. St. Louis County received 6,000...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Louis Countys mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Missouri teachers and ‘critical infrastructure’ workers eligible for COVID vaccine by mid-March

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent February 26, 2021

Teachers, childcare providers, employees of food processing plants and other critical infrastructure workers will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting March 15, Gov. Mike Parson announced...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Oakville and Mehlville high school students will return to four days in person starting March 9

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 26, 2021

Students at Oakville and Mehlville high schools will attend class in person four days a week starting in March, after almost a year of hybrid or virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mehlville...

Superintendent Chris Gaines asks supporters at a 2015 rally for Prop R to help him get out the vote so that he can hire reading coaches and keep experienced teachers in the district. Behind him are the Mehlville High School Pantherettes and the Oakville High School Golden Girls.

Gaines: Bond issues are a better way of financing for Mehlville facilities

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 25, 2021

Mehlville School District voters will weigh in on the district’s first bond issue in nearly 30 years April 6. Voters will decide whether to approve Proposition S for “Safe Schools, Safe Kids,” a...

A lawsuit argued that only state health director Dr. Randall Williams, seen here last week with Gov. Mike Parson, had the power to shut down businesses in Missouri.

Parson hints COVID vaccine eligibility will soon expand, including teachers

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent February 25, 2021

Gov. Mike Parson said he’ll make an announcement Thursday on “moving forward on the vaccine phases,” citing an anticipated boost to the state’s vaccine supply following the expected authorization...

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.

If voters don’t approve bond issue, Mehlville’s tax rates won’t decrease

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 23, 2021

The Mehlville School District is asking voters to approve a bond issue April 6 to fund facilities upgrades around the district, but if voters decline to pass the bond issue, the tax levy will stay the...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

Back on: St. Louis County’s first state mass vaccination site isn’t canceled after all

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 16, 2021

A spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Parson's office confirmed Tuesday afternoon that, as it currently stands, the state is still planning to hold its first mass vaccination site in the St. Louis area Saturday...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

St. Louis County halts vaccines as shipments dry up from state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 16, 2021

St. Louis County officials paused COVID-19 vaccine efforts last week due to a lack of vaccine supply from the state, despite the county kicking off mass vaccine efforts by opening four vaccine sites and...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Louis Countys mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Wednesday, Feb. 3.

UPDATED: Missouri cancels most mass vaccination sites this week, but St. Louis one still on

February 16, 2021

Editor's note: This article was updated at 6 p.m. Tuesday to reflect the latest information from the state and St. Louis County that the mass vaccination site is still on.  Gov. Mike Parson announced...

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