August 23, 2019
Pictured above: An aerial rendering of the proposed POWERplex campus at the site of the former St. Louis Mills mall in Hazelwood. The St. Louis region could be home to a one-of-its-kind $63 million youth sports mecca as soon as next year, with a developer closing this month on the former St. Louis Mills mall
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The female-majority team ownership of the new St. Louis MLS team, announced Aug. 20, 2019. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After decades of hoping for St. Louis soccer fans, it’s official: The city will get a Major League Soccer team. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced Tuesday in St. Louis that MLS
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The #MLS4TheLou ownership group posted this image to Twitter just before the expected announcement of the St. Louis team. The word on the street is that St. Louis is going to get a Major League Soccer team. MLS Commissioner Don Garber is appearing in St. Louis today to announce that St. Louis has
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Former Economic Development Partnership CEO Sheila Sweeney, second from left, and her team of attorneys arrive at the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse Friday. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Sheila Sweeney, the former CEO of the St. Louis joint city-county economic development agency, was sentenced to probation
[ Read More ]Pictured above: This screenshot from a drone video taken by YouTube user Stl Silver Fox shows the JB Bridge from above. Drivers heading into Illinois will want to avoid using the Jefferson Barracks Bridge and Interstate 255 during weekdays again this week, as the Missouri Department of Transportation is still closing two lanes on the bridge.
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Steve Stenger, right, and his lawyer Scott Rosenblum leave the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in downtown St. Louis following Stenger’s sentencing Friday, Aug. 9. Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and will report Sept. 21. Photo by Erin Achenbach. A judge sentenced former County Executive Steve Stenger to 46 months in prison
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Steve Stenger, right, and his lawyer Scott Rosenblum leave the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in downtown St. Louis following Stenger’s sentencing Friday, Aug. 9. Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and will report Sept. 21. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com This is a developing story. Check back
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Citizens vote at the Sunset Hills Community Center April 2, 2019. Photo by Erin Achenbach. Two special elections held Tuesday in St. Louis County mean the future makeup of the County Council is majority Democratic and majority female. South County voters didn’t get a say in the special elections in the 1st and 2nd
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, left, and Stenger’s lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, right, exit the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse Friday, May 3, after Stenger pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of honest services/bribery and mail fraud. A sentencing hearing will be held Aug. 9. Stenger faces to three to four
[ Read More ]By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Although the flood waters along the River Des Peres have receded, residents in Lemay and other parts of South County are still trying to clean up the aftermath of near record-setting floods that affected the area this summer. On Aug. 1, U.S. senators Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Roy Blunt,
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