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South St. Louis County News

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Plexiglas shields protect Robertos patrons from one another, as seen in June 2020 when restaurants could reopen to indoor dining in St. Louis County after a stay-at-home order.

St. Louis County allows restaurants and bars to expand to 50-percent capacity

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County will allow businesses, including restaurants and bars, to expand capacity to 50 percent beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The county said the change comes with a decrease in cases and...

Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis Countys mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

St. Louis County may halt COVID-19 vaccines this week as state declines to send doses

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

St. Louis County officials say they may have pause COVID-19 vaccine efforts this week due to a lack of vaccine supply from the state, despite the county kicking off mass vaccine efforts by opening four...

Above left, Rogers Elementary first grader Dominic Vallejo works at school wearing a mask Dec. 16, 2020, as Mehlville school signs, right, ask the community to do the same.

South County school districts take different approaches to snow days, starting today

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 9, 2021

With virtual learning an option on a snow day for the first time this year in Missouri, some South County school districts are rethinking snow days, starting with today. Due to the winter weather overnight...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

Missouri data shows expanding ‘vaccine deserts’ in St. Louis and Kansas City metros

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent February 8, 2021

An expanding portion of St. Louis and Kansas City are considered “vaccine deserts,” or areas with limited-to-no access to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an analysis by a consulting firm hired by...

Sen. Scott Sifton speaks at the unveiling of the sign for Cloria Brown Memorial Highway on South Lindbergh Boulevard in South County Oct. 17, 2019. Dignitaries speaking about Brown at the event included Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Sifton, D-Affton, and Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, Brown’s successor in the Legislature who introduced the legislation during the 2019 General Assembly to dedicate a portion of Lindbergh Boulevard in her honor.

Scott Sifton announces 2022 run for U.S. Senate, challenging Roy Blunt

February 8, 2021

Former Missouri Sen. Scott Sifton announced his bid Monday for the U.S. Senate in 2022, challenging U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. A former Affton school board member, Missouri state representative and senator representing...

MSD $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, goes to St. Louis County and city voters in April

MSD $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, goes to St. Louis County and city voters in April

February 4, 2021

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is asking voters in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis to make a decision this spring on a $500 million bond issue that will increase wastewater rates...

The empty Crestwood mall site, with the buildings demolished and the site leveled, as seen in May 2019.

Crestwood TIF Commission starts meeting tonight on mall redevelopment

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 4, 2021

The new developers of the Crestwood mall site are wasting no time seeking new tax-increment financing for the 47-acre former Crestwood Plaza, with the latest version of the Crestwood TIF Commission kicking...

The planned Meramec River Bridge replacement.

Interstate 44/Interstate 270 traffic shift won’t happen until Feb. 11 due to weather

February 3, 2021

A traffic lane shift that will move traffic at the Interstate 44 and Interstate 270 interchange in South County will not happen until next week due to anticipated cold weather that would prevent work next...

Members of the Visiting Nurses Association, National Guard, county employees and volunteers help administer the vaccine at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Ferguson in February 2021.

GALLERY: St. Louis County’s mass vaccination site opens Wednesday

February 2, 2021

St. Louis County's first mass vaccination site, at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College in Ferguson, is expected to open for public vaccinations Wednesday.  The county conducted...

A Lindbergh school nurse gets the COVID-19 vaccine at Mercy St. Louis Hospital in January 2021.

St. Louis County to open vaccine sites at Affton, Mehlville, Eureka firehouses

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 2, 2021

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is planning to open two vaccine sites in South County and one in Eureka, in addition to the mass vaccination site set to open Wednesday in Ferguson. The...

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