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Mehlville Board of Education approves bids for facilities

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 31, 2023

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved two facilities bids at its May 18 meeting. The first bid approved by the board was $231,649 for asphalt repair at Mosaic Elementary School from Byrne...

MFPD exploring hiring registered nurses to be part of ambulance crews

MFPD exploring hiring registered nurses to be part of ambulance crews

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 31, 2023

The Mehlville Fire Protection District is looking into placing registered nurses on ambulances. At the May 24 Board of Directors meeting, Chief Brian Hendricks said that he was interested in exploring...

City passes regulations for Historic Route 66 signs

City passes regulations for Historic Route 66 signs

By Jeremy Housewright and Erin Achenbach May 30, 2023

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen approved a bill at its May 9 meeting that adds a new section to the city’s sign code, permitting the installation of neon signs on properties along the original right...

Green Park City Hall

Write-in candidate gets going in Green Park

By Jeremy Housewright, For The Call May 24, 2023

Green Park resident Tammy Witzig was sworn into office last month after winning 56 of the 77 write-in votes to become Green Park Ward 2 alderman. There was no official candidate in the April race after...

Bayless ELL classroom wins $50K makeover

Bayless ELL classroom wins $50K makeover

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 24, 2023

A Bayless School District teacher was the lucky winner of a classroom make-over this school year. Tiffany Maloney, a sixth through 12th grade English language learner teacher in the Bayless School District,...

Shania Twain

The ‘Queen of Country Pop,’ Shania Twain, experiences a renaissance year

By L. Kent Wolgamott, For The Call May 24, 2023

Call 2023 the year of the renaissance of Shania Twain. Prominently featured in the documentary series “Women Who Rock,” Twain, known as the “Queen of Country Pop,” released her sixth studio album...

From left: Matt Alonzo, Christy Watz and Andrew Lawson take their oath of office at the Lindbergh Board of Education meeting April 13. Alonzo and Watz, both incumbents, and Lawson, defeated a field of five candidates in the April 2023 election for the three open seats on the board.

New Lindbergh school board director ready for first venture into public service

By Jeremy Housewright, For The Call May 24, 2023

Of the three members elected to the Lindbergh Schools Board of Education in April, only one candidate, Andrew Lawson, was new. Lawson was elected alongside incumbents Matt Alonzo and Christy Watz in a...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

Missouri bill would shift sales tax collection to car dealers

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent May 24, 2023

In a Columbia parking lot on the afternoon of May 17, there was a reminder of Christmas. It wasn’t leftover decorations or early preparations for a summer “Christmas in July” sale. It was the...

Utility poles bisect the narrow sidewalks on the west side of Lemay Ferry Road in October 2020, presenting issues for those who use wheelchairs or have other mobility concerns.  The east side of Lemay Ferry has accessible sidewalks, but for anyone on the west side, the only way to reach the accessible east sidewalk is by directly crossing the street, or riding in the street next to the burn to the closest crosswalk at Victory Drive.

Council passes bill aimed at keeping pedestrians out of roadways

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 24, 2023

The St. Louis County Council passed a contentious bill last week that aims to keep pedestrians off roadways. The council voted 4-3 May 16 in favor of the legislation, which is sponsored by 6th District...

Proposition S construction at Blades Elementary School in the Mehlville School District on Aug. 15, 2022.

District will use other funds for some Prop S projects

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor May 23, 2023

Rising construction and labor costs have forced the Mehlville School District to find alternative funding methods for some facility projects originally slated to be covered by Proposition S. The Mehlville...

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