December 17, 2018
This is a developing story, and will be updated as new candidates file. Stay tuned. So far, there are no competitive races in south county as candidate filing opened Tuesday for the Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors election slated for April 2, along with municipal offices and school board positions. Up for election
[ Read More ]Pictured above with the jolly fat man are Liam Juelfs, 4, and his mother Sarah. Photo by Bill Milligan. It was all smiles at the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s No. 5 Engine House last week for the fire district’s annual ‘Santa Saturday’ event, in which youngsters could give their wishlists to Santa and Mrs. Claus,
[ Read More ]Staff Report Candidate filing will begin next week for the Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors election April 2, along with municipal offices and school board positions. Up for election are the seat on the MFPD Board of Directors held by Secretary Ed Ryan, along with Green Park mayor and aldermanic seats in Crestwood,
[ Read More ]The Mehlville Fire Protection District will hold its annual Santa Saturday and Holiday Food Drive Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at MFPD Engine House No. 5, 11020 Mueller Road, Green Park. Attendees can meet Santa, see fire trucks and meet firefighters, all at one event. A holiday food drive will also
[ Read More ]Check out our Call Newspapers 2018 Holiday Guide, with everything you can see and do this holiday season in south county and in a few other common holiday travel destinations like Chicago, Branson and Kansas City. Our guide is so comprehensive this year that we had to split it into two sections, one overall guide with
[ Read More ]Pictured above: In this photo from an onlooker, police and the Mehlville Fire Protection District respond to the scene of a shooting at the Oakville Walmart Thursday night. Photo by Jason Allen Krause. A Green Park man was charged Saturday with murder in the shooting death Thursday of a chef from Andre’s Banquet Center in
[ Read More ]The Mehlville Fire District Board of Directors promoted Tom Viviano, pictured above right with Chief Brian Hendricks, to captain Aug. 22. Viviano came to the MFPD in 2005 and lives in Oakville with his wife, Stephanie, and three sons, Nick, Drew and Matt. He has been assigned to Engine Company 1730.
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By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District unveiled its new rescue boat this summer, an upgrade that should lead to safer and easier rescues along the district’s 21 miles of river shoreline from Sunset Hills to Oakville. The new $35,000 boat is not inflatable like the district’s past boats and is
[ Read More ]The newly announced paramedic unit poses in front of their ambulance. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District is the first fire district in St. Louis County to roll out a new community paramedic program to try to reduce chronic 911 calls from “high utilizers,” who
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Former Mehlville Fire Protection District Chief Jim Silvernail, who died last week, will be remembered for his lasting impact on generations of first responders in the St. Louis region through his time as a chief of two fire districts and his dedication to the BackStoppers. Silvernail, 74, died April
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