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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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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.

After a month, Missouri announces first mass vaccination sites in St. Louis and Kansas City

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 15, 2021

Editor's note: This article was updated Monday night after the state canceled its events and Tuesday night to clarify that the UMSL event is still being held.  Gov. Mike Parson identified site locations...

Cooper Jennings makes  a snow angel on a snow day off from school in January 2019.

Schnucks will close grocery stores early as snow piles up in South County

February 15, 2021

With up to 9 inches of snow expected to fall Monday afternoon through evening in South County and St. Louis, Schnucks announced it will be closing its stores early Monday night for the sake of its employees...

Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

Mail-in voting expansion has expired, leaving fewer options for April election

February 12, 2021

With the April general municipal election six weeks away, the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissions is reminding voters that they will have fewer ways to vote compared to the elections held in...

Mehlville buses honored by state patrol

Mehlville buses honored by state patrol

February 11, 2021

For the 25th year, the Mehlville School District transportation department has been honored for its bus maintenance by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The department received the “Exemplary School...

This is from a video showing how to use the GrandPad.

St. Louis County, library offer ‘GrandPads’ to connect seniors with technology

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 11, 2021

The St. Louis County Library is debuting what it calls an “exciting new program that links seniors to technology,” taking applications now for specially designed computer devices that will allow senior...

Members of the Visiting Nurses Association, National Guard, county employees and volunteers help administer COVID-19 vaccines at a mass vaccination site in Ferguson Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The county announced Tuesday that in addition to the mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, additional vaccination sites would open in the Mehlville, Affton and Eureka fire protection districts, which will begin administering vaccines to eligible members of the public who have appointments Thursday.

Fire districts including Mehlville and Affton working with county to vaccinate group-home residents

February 11, 2021

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is partnering with fire districts in South County and elsewhere in the county to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to about 1,000 residents and staff in group...

The National Weather Service posted this graphic to Twitter Feb. 10, 2021.

National Weather Service warns of winter weather, slippery roads through Wednesday evening

February 10, 2021

Snow and freezing drizzle is expected to fall in the St. Louis region through 6 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said as it issued a winter weather advisory. Snow of up to 1 inch and a glaze...

Plexiglas shields protect Robertos patrons from one another, as seen in June 2020 when restaurants could reopen to indoor dining in St. Louis County after a stay-at-home order.

St. Louis County allows restaurants and bars to expand to 50-percent capacity

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County will allow businesses, including restaurants and bars, to expand capacity to 50 percent beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The county said the change comes with a decrease in cases and...

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 may halt COVID-19 vaccines this week as state declines to send doses

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County officials say they may have pause COVID-19 vaccine efforts this week due to a lack of vaccine supply from the state, despite the county kicking off mass vaccine efforts by opening four...

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