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Voters line up outside Cliff Cave Library in Oakville Tuesday, Aug. 5, to vote in the primary election.

St. Louis County opening satellite voting centers next week

July 13, 2022

The St. Louis County Board of Elections will open several satellite voting centers for voters to cast their absentee ballots beginning July 21. The board is operating seven satellite voting centers...

Peggy Hassler

Mehlville maintains current COVID-19 policies

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 12, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted 6-1 June 23 to renew the district’s COVID-19 policies. The renewed policy included a 1.5 percent positivity threshold per building for mandatory masking, a policy...

St. Louis County Library offering free produce boxes in partnership with Operation Food Search

St. Louis County Library offering free produce boxes in partnership with Operation Food Search

July 12, 2022

The St. Louis County Library and Operation Food Search are teaming up to provide free and fresh produce beginning July 13. The boxes will be given out every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. curbside through September....

Mehlville Board of Education moves to formally eliminate some Prop S projects

Mehlville Board of Education moves to formally eliminate some Prop S projects

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 5, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously June 23 to formally remove the Mehlville High School stadium restroom renovations and the transportation building renovations from the district’s Proposition...

Demo day in Oakville

Demo day in Oakville

June 28, 2022

Oakville Elementary School Principal Meagan Ochoa, pictured above left, poses with students in front of construction equipment June 20 after crews tore down a house next to the school to make way for a...

School’s in for summer

School’s in for summer

June 23, 2022

Middle school students in Mehlville’s Summer Session have been getting more than just a refresher on core subjects. Some students have been learning life-saving techniques like CPR, pictured above, and...

The Oakville High School girls water polo team finished its second season ever with a state championship win against Marquette High School May 14.  Two Oakville players, Jenna Wolf and Lauren Manning (bottom left) were named to the all district team.

Oakville girls water polo team wins 2022 state championship in rematch from last year

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter June 22, 2022

The Oakville girls water polo team closed out its second season in the best way possible May 14, winning a state championship. The Tigers were able to exact revenge in the final game, defeating the...

The campaign committee for Mehlville School District’s Proposition S, Mehlville-Oakville United, hosted a donut drive-thru March 13, 2021, at Mehlville High School, Washington Middle School and Oakville Middle/Wohlwend Elementary. The event featured free donuts, “Yes on S” car painting and committee members dressed in costumes to raise awareness about the bond measure, the district’s first in over 20 years.

Mehlville School District considers future potential ballot measure

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 20, 2022

Voters in the Mehlville School District may be considering a ballot measure for the school district in either the form of a bond, tax levy or both in the next four to six years.  During a strategic...

The pool at the Kennedy Recreation Center.

County opening all pools this weekend, looking for more lifeguards

June 17, 2022

St. Louis County is excited to announce that all four parks and recreation pools will be open this weekend for families to enjoy and cool off during hot weather. Like other counties and cities in the...

Prop S projects in full swing this summer

Prop S projects in full swing this summer

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 17, 2022

Several Proposition S projects are underway this summer across the Mehlville School District.  At a Prop S update at the June 9 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Chris Gaines said “things...

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