October 18, 2018
Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com David Gregory, a Republican attorney, is running for re-election in the 96th Missouri House District Tuesday, Nov. 6, and is being challenged by Democrat Erica Hoffman, a stay-at-home mother and school volunteer. Gregory, 33, 12820 Weber Hill Road, Sunset Hills, was elected in 2016 to represent the 96th District. He
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Hopes were revived this week for a Major League Soccer team coming to St. Louis as two local families announced an effort officially branded “#MLS4TheLou” that would include a mostly privately funded stadium near Union Station. Some soccer fans’ hopes for professional soccer in St. Louis died when St.
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The Call Newspapers team with the thousands of donations from south county for the USO for Thanksgiving 2017. Please join your local banks, credit unions and Call Newspapers in an effort to fill the wish list below for military families this Thanksgiving as part of the USO of Missouri’s sixth annual Operation October food drive. The
[ Read More ]The proposed Missouri constitutional amendment on ethics reform and redistricting, “Clean Missouri,” is back on the Nov. 6 ballot after a favorable appellate court ruling. The measure will appear as Amendment 1 on the ballot. Among other reforms, it will limit lobbyist gifts to legislators and campaign contributions and create new legislative districts. Three lobbyists,
[ Read More ]Rep. David Gregory, R-Sunset Hills, speaks to the Tesson Ferry Republican Club this summer about what happened in the last legislative session in Jefferson City. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The differences between the Freshman Legislator of the Year and the local school volunteer running against him were on
[ Read More ]Sen. Andrew Koenig speaks at the Tesson Ferry Republican Club this summer. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The 2018 session of the Missouri Legislature officially ended last week with a joint veto and special session, wrapping up a year that showcased differences among south county’s legislators that mirror Missouri’s
[ Read More ]Rep. Doug Beck, D-Affton, presents a legislative commendation to retiring Lindbergh Superintendent Jim Simpson in June. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com One of the topics that Missouri legislators focused on in this week’s special session is education. Gov. Mike Parson called legislators back to expand access to STEM education, or education that focuses more
[ Read More ]Rep. Marsha Haefner, R-Oakville, speaks to the South County Chamber of Commerce this summer about an eventful year in Jefferson City. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Legislators head back to Jefferson City for a combined veto and special session this week, wrapping up what can only be described as
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Marc Garcia plays the trumpet at a ceremony at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in May honoring the 51st Colored Infantry. Photo by Bill Milligan. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The County Council agreed unanimously last week to sell half of Sylvan Springs Park to the federal government to expand Jefferson Barracks National
[ Read More ]By BRENDAN CROWLEY and ANNIKA MERRILEES Columbia Missourian Volunteers and organizers from Clean Missouri stacked boxes filled with signatures at the Missouri secretary of state’s office last spring to place a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot they say will clean up Missouri politics. Clean Missouri gathered 346,956 signatures, and voters will consider the
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