South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Rep. Michael ODonnell, left, and Ann Zimpfer, right.

O’Donnell runs for re-election in Oakville’s 95th District, with challenge from Zimpfer

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 20, 2020

A retired Mehlville School District teacher is looking to turn a historically red Missouri House district blue in the general election next month. Ann Zimpfer, a Democrat, is challenging Rep. Michael...

Above, Mehlville’s Eric Ohmer (No. 2) scores the winning touchdown with less
than two minutes to go in the Oct. 9 game, flanked by Dino Pajazetovic (No. 33) of Oakville.

Panthers fall to Wildcats in first home game of delayed season

By Stephen Glover, Sports Reporter October 19, 2020

For the first time since the long-delayed fall football season started Oct. 9, Mehlville hosted a home football game Oct. 16 — but the Panthers suffered a 54-17 setback to Eureka under the glow of Friday...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Mehlville, Oakville, Lindbergh high schools will return in person

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 13, 2020

Both Lindbergh Schools and the Mehlville School District will bring high school students back to in-person class by the end of October, and Lindbergh will move elementary students to five days a week in...

Above, Oakville wide receiver Tyler Lanzarini tries to elude a tackle from a Panther.

Return of Oakville and Mehlville football leads to a 24-21 thriller, Panthers victory

By Stephen Glover, For the Call October 12, 2020

Local high school football fans deprived of a regularly scheduled season have been patiently waiting for a return to normalcy, and they finally received it last week as Oakville hosted rival Mehlville. Mehlville...

Next to current Chief Mary Barton, from left, former Chief Ron Battelle, BackStoppers president, accepts the check from Oakville Principal Tamara Sunkett, standing next to Officer Tamarris Bohannon’s wife, Alexis Bohannon, their daughter and other family members.

‘Always a Tiger’: Oakville teachers give back to family of late officer, OHS alum

October 12, 2020

Although fundraising abilities are more limited with the Mehlville School District’s high school students still attending all-virtual school, Oakville High School teachers banded together for a donation...

The Mehlville High School football team defeated the Oakville Tigers 28-25 Friday night, Nov. 1, 2013, in the first round of the Class 6 District 1 playoffs. In their last meeting Oct. 11, the Tigers prevailed over Mehlville in a 35-23 comeback victory. Above, Oakville’s Qian Johnson, left, is all over Mehlville quarterback Brendan Moore.

Mehlville-Oakville rivalry football game returns to St. Louis County as restrictions are lifted

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 9, 2020

St. Louis County announced this week that it is lifting the restriction on games for high-contact youth sports such as football, and the Mehlville School District's plan to bring football back to the district...

In a time like no other, Gaines adapts Mehlville State of the District to update public

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 8, 2020

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines gave his sixth annual State of the District address this year, although the presentation looked a bit different than previous years due to the COVID-19...

 Oakville hockey star and native Pat Maroon drinks out of the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row after the Tampa Bay Lightening defeated the Dallas Stars Sept. 28 for the Stanley Cup title. NHL players were kept in a ‘bubble’ and regularly tested for COVID-19 during the shortened season. ‘A kid from South County getting a Stanley Cup ring. Unbelievable,’ Maroon’s father Phil Maroon said.

Pat Maroon does it again, winning Stanley Cup with new team

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 5, 2020

Oakville’s hometown hero did it again. Pat Maroon, 32, the Oakville native who famously helped the St. Louis Blues win the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last year, won the Stanley Cup again Sept....

The Mehlville Senior High School football team kicked off its 2014 season Friday night, Aug. 22, 2014, at home, falling to Chaminade 50-7. Above, Mehlvilles Tradell Cunningham, right, pursues Chaminades Bryce Johnson. The Panthers faced Pattonville the next week on the road.

Take our poll: Should school districts play football outside St. Louis County to get around COVID-19 restrictions?

October 3, 2020

The Lindbergh Flyers will be playing football in Jefferson County and the Mehlville Panthers and Oakville Tigers will play each other in an undetermined outside county Friday, Oct. 9. Do you agree with...

The 2020 National Merit semifinalists from Lindbergh Schools.

Twelve South County high schoolers named as National Merit Semifinalists for 2021

October 1, 2020

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named 12 South County high school students as semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 16,000 students earned the honor...

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