July 17, 2019
Superintendent Chris Gaines getting sworn in as president of The School Superintendents Association. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Every middle school in the Mehlville School District will have an innovative “school within a school” starting this fall, extending the problem-based and project-based learning at Mosaic Elementary to four middle school “academies.” Superintendent Chris Gaines
[ Read More ]Pictured above: St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman speaks at the Oakville Democrats’ ODO Fest in October 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach. St. Louis County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas, 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy and county Assessor Jake Zimmerman will host a joint town hall to address rising property assessments in the county. The
[ Read More ]Congratulations to all the seniors! Find your senior from the full graduating class photo in the zoomed-in photos in our gallery above. The name of every graduate is also listed below. Alyssa Abernathy Belmin Ademovic Abdulrahman Al-Saadi Twana Albarznji Noura Alhachami Delisa Alibasic Faour Aloqla Alaa Alshawi Mansoor Amin Brett Athanas Wahidullah Azizi Jazmine Bates
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The intersection of River City Boulevard and Lemay Ferry Road is closed after being submerged by flood waters from the River des Peres Thursday, May 30. The Mississippi River, which backs up into the River des Peres, is expected to crest Saturday, June 8, at nearly 46 feet, about 4 feet lower than the
[ Read More ]Pictured above: County Executive Sam Page sandbags Tuesday in Bellefontaine Neighbors, with the help of volunteers. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mississippi River will crest later than originally expected and at levels lower than the 1993 flood, but some South County residents have already been evacuated to an emergency shelter and others now
[ Read More ]Mehlville High School 2019 graduate Carly Herman poses after the ceremony. The 397 students in Mehlville High School’s graduating Class of 2019 received their diplomas June 2 at the school’s first graduation ceremony at Chaifetz Arena. It was also the last graduation ceremony of retiring Principal Denise Swanger. With only one-third of the class reporting,
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The Panthers celebrate their 2-0 win over Webster Groves High School. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Stephen Glover For the Call If there was one sentence that could define the Mehville High School boys volleyball team this season, which came in second place in the state last week, it would have to be,
[ Read More ]The Missouri Department of Transportation closed the Interstate 55 North exit to Carondelet and River City boulevards Thursday to allow for sandbagging efforts along the River des Peres. Crews closed Exit 202A at 6 a.m. so that sandbaggers could do their work. The highway exit ramp will not reopen until flood waters from the River
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas cracks a smile after County Executive Sam Page gives him the pen used to sign an anti-vaping bill championed by Trakas at Hancock High School May 16. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com New County Executive Sam Page may have been the first county executive
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Mehlville’s John Cary Early Childhood students Emma Kitchell and Yaneli Juarez-Carrillo check out their playground the first week at school. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville School District is exploring the possibility of placing a no-tax-rate-increase ballot measure on the ballot in 2020 for investment in the district’s facilities and operations, in
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