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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Pesticides that use smoke bombs, like Gopher Gasser, can be a fire hazard to use near a home.

Pesticide smoke bombs can start fires, cautions Mehlville Fire Protection District

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 28, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District is warning residents about using pesticide bombs for gophers, moles and other rodents outside houses or sheds. The bombs have caused fires in the district, including...

Students graduate from Oakville High School in a socially distanced in-person graduation last July.

Grad Salute: Oakville High School Class of 2021

May 27, 2021

Congratulations Oakville High School seniors on a fantastic achievement. To see this year’s Grad Salute and greetings from the South County business community, celebrate with the May 27 print edition...

School districts see influx of federal funds

School districts see influx of federal funds

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 27, 2021

Every South County school district will be using an influx of federal money over the next three years to address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, in what one local school leader is calling...

Fox (white) and Oakville (black) compete May 18 in the hard-fought semifinal win for the Warriors over the Tigers.

Fox girls soccer defeats Tigers when it counts in the semifinals

By Stephen Glover, For the Call May 26, 2021

What started as a dream slowly became reality for the Fox girls soccer team as the Warriors upended Oakville 1-0 last week in the Missouri Class 4, District 2 semifinals. Fox later fell to Cor Jesu Academy...

Oakville High School girls water polo.

Oakville fights for the first-ever water polo state championship

By Stephen Glover, For the Call May 25, 2021

In just their first season of competition, the Oakville girls water polo team reached the state championship game, where they dropped an 18-11 decision to Marquette earlier this month. Oakville (7-2)...

Firefighters remove hazardous substance from Oakville High lab; students were gone for day

Firefighters remove hazardous substance from Oakville High lab; students were gone for day

May 25, 2021

Firefighters were called to Oakville High School Tuesday afternoon to remove a hazardous substance out of an abundance of caution, the school district said. Materials for science laboratories are stored...

The Kiwanis Club of South County-St. Louis awarded a $1,000 scholarship in May to Charlotte Norton of Oakville High School, shown above with OHS Senior Principal Brian Brennan and Kiwanis member Chad Dickemper, a Mehlville School District administrator.

Kiwanis award scholarship to Oakville senior

May 25, 2021

The Kiwanis Club of South County-St. Louis awarded a $1,000 scholarship in May to Charlotte Norton of Oakville High School. Charlotte is the daughter of Derek and Johnna Norton. She will attend Southeast...

All students are safe after Mehlville bus headed to Forder Elementary involved in accident

All students are safe after Mehlville bus headed to Forder Elementary involved in accident

May 20, 2021

All students are safe after a Mehlville School District bus headed to Forder Elementary was involved in an accident Thursday morning. The school district sent an email to parents confirming that "students...

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 11, 2021

A lower COVID-19 transmission rate in the St. Louis region and declining case averages have paved the way for Mehlville School District students to attend class five days a week in person, and with more...

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

New principal named for Oakville Elementary

May 7, 2021

Meagan Ochoa will be the principal at Oakville Elementary School beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. The Mehlville School District Board of Education unanimously voted to approve Ochoa’s hiring...

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