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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

Missouri appeals court rules for St. Louis County in indoor dining lawsuit

December 11, 2020

The Missouri Court of Appeals sided Friday with St. Louis County in a lawsuit challenging the county’s indoor dining ban. The county’s indoor dining protocols were designed to limit the spread of COVID-19...

Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 10, 2020

Widespread prevention of the COVID-19  virus is still many months away despite at least three new vaccines that could start distribution as soon as this month. The vaccines signal a potential end to...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon cutting for the 9 Mile Garden food truck garden in Affton Thursday, July 9.

Pushback on Page: Legislators want pandemic orders under state instead of county

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 9, 2020

South County state legislators led by Sen. Andrew Koenig are filing emergency legislation to take power away from counties when it comes to public-health orders like those St. Louis County has repeatedly...

Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

November election results certified by Missouri canvassers, including Ashcroft

December 8, 2020

The Missouri Board of State Canvassers, composed of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Judge Patricia Joyce and Judge Jon Beetem, certified the results Tuesday of the Nov. 3 general election. Missouri voters...

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

County shuts down Bartolino’s and three other restaurants that violated indoor dining ban

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 7, 2020

After defying St. Louis County’s indoor dining ban for two weeks, Bartolino’s South said it would comply with the mandate and shut down indoor dining so that it can keep curbside and takeout options...

A sign announcing the Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation at its kickoff event in late 2019.

Missouri Center for Transportation hopes to create ‘innovative transportation solutions’

December 2, 2020

Innovative solutions are needed to address crumbling roads and bridges across Missouri. A new collaborative center within the University of Missouri System hopes to accelerate the future of transportation-related...

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

St. Louis County restaurants lose court challenge of indoor dining ban, for now

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 1, 2020

A St. Louis County judge ruled Nov. 20 against a lawsuit filed by Bartolino’s South and about 40 other restaurants challenging an indoor dining ban ordered by County Executive Sam Page, the latest in...

Cori Bush celebrates her shocking upset over Rep. Lacy Clay in the August 2020 Democratic primary.

A record number of women will serve in the 117th Congress, including at least 51 women of color

By Sharon Austin, University of Florida Professor November 24, 2020

Women will gain at least 14 seats in the 117th Congress, setting a new record for female representation. In 2018, the nation elected 127 women – and 48 women of color – to the House and Senate....

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