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South St. Louis County News

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MFPD Chief Brian Hendricks speaks at a board meeting in 2019.

Mehlville Fire District gets ahead of a microchip shortage affecting Tahoes

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 21, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District moved proactively to get ahead of production delays at car factories, continuing through at least May, in order to replace an administrative vehicle on time and on...

Pictured above: County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas gives opening remarks at the 20th JB Blast at Jefferson Barracks Park July 3, 2019. This year,  Trakas was in charge of the festivities, after the resignation of former County Executive Steve Stenger. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Trakas uninjured as shots fired at his car on interstate

April 20, 2021

Councilman Ernie Trakas was uninjured when two shots were fired at his car while he was driving Friday on Interstate 64 in Frontenac, in what police describe as a possible road-rage incident. Trakas,...

The former South County Cyclery building, 9985 Lin Ferry Drive.

Medical lab set to move from Concord to ex-bike shop site

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 20, 2021

A new lab testing facility could move into the building formerly occupied by South County Cyclery on Lin Ferry Road in Green Park, after the bike shop moved its operations to the city of St. Louis during...

A patron picks up some books at the reopening of the St. Louis County Librarys Daniel Boone Branch Library in Ellisville on June 19, 2020. Some areas of the library are sectioned off for social distancing.

Libraries will expand appointment hours to evenings; curbside still being offered

April 19, 2021

St. Louis County Library is adding evening appointments, as of last week. All 20 SLCL branches are currently open by appointment only for browsing and computer use. Visits are limited to 45 minutes per...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

Anyone 16 and over can schedule a COVID-19 vaccine now in St. Louis County

April 15, 2021

It is now easier to make a vaccination appointment in St. Louis County, County Executive Sam Page announced Monday morning. Residents are now able to make appointments directly from the home page of the...

A look back: Lindbergh honors 2016 retirees

A look back: Lindbergh honors 2016 retirees

April 15, 2021

We're taking a look back at past stories pre-pandemic. Here is a story from 2016.  Lindbergh Schools extends its thanks and well wishes to this year’s class of 22 retiring faculty and staff members....

Homebound residents can get shots too

Homebound residents can get shots too

April 15, 2021

Mehlville Fire District piloted a St. Louis County program to give COVID-19 vaccines to homebound residents, and the Affton Fire Protection District and the Crestwood Fire Department have joined too. To...

Students at Wohlwend Elementary held up thank-you signs for Mehlville School District voters the day after Mehlville’s first bond issue since 1992, Proposition S, passed April 6, 2021. The money will fund a new secure entry at all schools.

Mehlville voters approve 1st bond issue since ‘92

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 15, 2021

Voters approved the Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue with more than 80 percent of the vote April 6, the first time Mehlville voters have passed a bond issue since 1992. South County...

Matt Farwig

Farwig settles in as Green Park alderman

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 14, 2021

Most of the incumbents on the Green Park Board of Aldermen ran unopposed in the election April 6, including Ward 2 Alderman Matthew Farwig, who was elected to his second term unopposed. As a newcomer,...

Lindbergh High science teacher Dan Dougherty celebrates being honored as the 2021 Lindbergh Schools Teacher of the Year with his fiancee, LHS English teacher Hillary Switzer.

Lindbergh High science teacher Dan Dougherty is named Lindbergh Teacher of the Year

April 13, 2021

Lindbergh High School science teacher Dan Dougherty has been named Lindbergh Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year for 2021. District and school administrators surprised Dougherty Tuesday, April 13, to share...

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