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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

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Affton Town Hall set for Wednesday will focus on crime, security

Affton Town Hall set for Wednesday will focus on crime, security

December 3, 2019

The Affton Southwest Police Precinct and Step Up of St. Louis will host an Affton Town Hall Wednesday night that will focus on crime, security, drugs in the community and how residents can obtain a discount...

Students at Gateway Dance Conservatory rehearse for the studio’s first full-length production of
Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ in Pacific Nov. 23, 2019. Gateway is a nonprofit studio that meets at The
Pavilion at Lemay and provides underprivileged dance students with scholarships and other financial
aid, as well as inclusionary classes for students with special needs. Gateway performed ‘The
Nutcracker’ in December 2019 at Bayless High School. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

New ‘Nutcracker’: South County dance studio is set to perform full ballet for first time

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 3, 2019

A nonprofit, multi-disciplinary dance conservatory will perform its first full-length production Saturday in South County. The Gateway Dance Conservatory will present “The Nutcracker” ballet at 6...

Three Lindbergh incumbents will run again in 2020

Three Lindbergh incumbents will run again in 2020

November 24, 2019

Cathy Carlock Lorenz (Lindbergh High School 1988) is a former LHS teacher and a current assistant principal at Parkway Central Middle School. She lives in Concord Village with her husband, Craig (LHS...

Pretzel Pretzel will open on Tesson Ferry

Pretzel Pretzel will open on Tesson Ferry

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 22, 2019

Pretzel Pretzel, the pretzel shop that earned a devoted following since it debuted in Affton in 2017, will be moving to a new storefront in the former Pizza Hut building on Tesson Ferry Road sometime early...

Affton set to become a ‘Ring Community’

November 21, 2019

With property crimes on the rise, an Affton resident is taking steps to try to get a group discount for doorbell cameras for residents who live in Affton, ZIP code 63123. Affon resident Michael Burton...

Bayless set for a ‘road diet’ in 2022 plans

Bayless set for a ‘road diet’ in 2022 plans

November 21, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Bayless Avenue will be undergoing a “road diet” and repaving beginning in 2022, but not all residents in the area are happy about slimming...

A rendering of the proposed Affton Plaza food truck garden.

First food truck garden in state coming to Affton after approval

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Missouri’s first food truck garden will be coming to St. Louis next year, overcoming objections from some of its neighbors in Affton with...

St Louis County Police Chief Colonel Jon Belmar announces the newly instated Special Response Unit. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

St. Louis County Police Department’s accreditation agency wants to know what you think

November 15, 2019

The St. Louis County Police Department and its accreditation agency want to know what you think of the department. On Monday, November 18, 2019, a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation...

Affton Panera/Bread Co. could expand, replace Breakfast and Burger

Affton Panera/Bread Co. could expand, replace Breakfast and Burger

November 15, 2019

The Panera in Affton could move across the street to a larger location with a drive-thru that is the current site of an existing local restaurant under a rezoning plan that will be heard by the St. Louis...

Police board members Laurie Westfall, left, and Art Johnson during an emergency meeting of the board held Oct. 29. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

New Page appointments would mean a female-majority police board

November 14, 2019

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has nominated two new members to the county police board, which if approved would form the first female-majority police board in county history. Page announced Thursday...

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