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Green Park Ward 1 Alderman Michael Broughton, left, and Green Park Mayor Tim Thuston.

Thuston faces Ward 1 Alderman Broughton for Green Park mayor

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 25, 2021

Incumbent Green Park Mayor Tim Thuston will be challenged by longtime Ward 1 Alderman Michael Broughton in the upcoming municipal election. Thuston and Broughton will face each other for the title of...

Members of the Missouri National Guard prepare doses of COVID-19 vaccine at a state-run mass vaccination site Feb. 23 in Canton, near the Iowa border.

Missouri sets mass vaccination event in South County for April 3 after pushback from Murphy

March 25, 2021

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. And we have more breaking news: Since this article was published, St. Louis County has now announced that it will be holding two mass vaccination sites...

Some evictions resume in St. Louis County this week

Some evictions resume in St. Louis County this week

March 23, 2021

After a yearlong moratorium due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some evictions will resume in St. Louis County this week after an administrative order from the St. Louis County Court. More than 500 eviction...

In a series of public Board of Equalization hearings in Crestwood July 25, 2019, commercial and residential property owners try to convince board members that their properties are worth less than originally assessed. More often than not, their bids to reverse the hike on their properties were turned down, especially in cases where property owners did not bring photo evidence to back up their cases. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

St. Louis County’s preliminary real-estate assessments for 2021 are online for taxpayers

March 23, 2021

Most St. Louis County homeowners can now look up the 2021 assessor's preliminary value of their property on the county's website, County Assessor Jake Zimmerman announced Tuesday. Homeowners can find...

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.

Murphy pushes for shots at a South County event

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 22, 2021

With more COVID-19 vaccine supplies available from the state and federal government, a legislator is pushing for the county or state to hold a mass vaccine event in South County — seemingly the only...

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.

St. Louis County begins targeting North County for vaccinations

March 19, 2021

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health will conduct several large vaccination events in the coming days, and for the first time, one of them will target residents of specific North County ZIP...

The National Guard directs traffic at a mass vaccination event in Canton, Feb. 23, 2021.

Missouri directs more vaccines to St. Louis ‘mega sites’; Family Arena will give out 4,000 doses

March 18, 2021

Missouri is allocating more COVID-19 vaccines to a series of state-sponsored “mega sites” for vaccines that kick off next week, a decision that increases the number of doses that will be given out...

A classroom in Hagemann Elementary.

Mehlville outlines its plan for ‘Proposition S’; principals discuss how bond issue would change schools

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 18, 2021

Mehlville School District facilities could be getting several upgrades, including security enhancements, if voters in the district pass Proposition S for “Safe Schools, Safe Kids” in the upcoming election...

The Affton School District vaccinated every teacher and staff member who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine at an event at Affton High School Monday, March 15, 2021, seen above.

All Missouri adults will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 9

March 18, 2021

Missouri will make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 9, and the next phase of eligibility will go into effect March 29, affecting infrastructure workers and higher education. Phase...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

All Mehlville students return to school five days a week in person starting April 19, after most teachers will be vaccinated

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 18, 2021

All students in the Mehlville School District will return to five days of in-person learning in April, after an assist from a pharmacy owner alumnus to get the district’s teachers vaccinated this week. The...

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