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South St. Louis County News

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The states first Safe Haven Baby Box was installed at the Mehlville Fire Protection Districts Engine House No. 2, 5434 Telegraph Road. The boxes are designed to let parents anonymously surrender newborns at firehouses, hospitals and other public safety locations.

More places install drop-off boxes for surrendered babies. Critics say they’re a gimmick

By Anna Claire Vollers, Missouri Independent March 4, 2024

The pitch feels noble, visceral: Prevent newborns from being discarded in dumpsters, and do it in a way that shields the mother and protects her anonymity while safeguarding the baby’s health and future. In...

Like a spring ritual, another attempt to end daylight saving time in Missouri

By Quinn Coffman, Missouri Independent February 27, 2024

With daylight saving time arriving March 10, a House committee heard a bill Wednesday that would stop the clock once and for all. If passed, it would align Missouri with a group of 19 other states intent...

Missouri’s first Safe Haven Baby Box was installed in South County at the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Engine House No. 2, 5434 Telegraph Road. The box was dedicated at a ribbon cutting event Aug. 8, pictured above, which was attended by Rep. Jim Murphy of Oakville (pictured center) – who sponsored the legislation for the baby boxes, Mehlville Fire Chief Brian Hendricks and Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe. The boxes are designed to let parents anonymously and safely surrender newborns at firehouses, hospitals and other public safety locations.

First baby surrendered at MFPD firehouse

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 20, 2024

The Safe Haven Baby Box has seen its first drop-off nearly six months after being installed at a Mehlville Fire Protection District engine house in Oakville. The baby box, the first in Missouri, was installed...

A rendering of the Castle Bluff Energy Center. Courtesy of Ameren Missouri.

Ameren reveals plans for new natural gas facility in South County

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 20, 2024

Ameren Missouri is planning to build a new natural gas plant at the location of the former coal plant in south St. Louis County. The proposed Castle Bluff Energy Center would only be used as a backup...

Effort to place St. Louis police under state control returns in Missouri legislature

Effort to place St. Louis police under state control returns in Missouri legislature

By Debra Chandler Landis, Missouri Independent February 19, 2024

Missourians voted in 2013 to return control of the St. Louis police department to local officials, ending more than 150 years of state oversight. And almost immediately, state lawmakers began pushing...

Sen. Andrew Koenig speaks at the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in summer 2018.

Missouri lawmakers poised for debate over open enrollment, private school scholarships

By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent January 30, 2024

The next few weeks of legislative action are primed for debate over opening up access for Missouri students to leave their neighborhood schools — though escalating dysfunction in the Senate may change...

Pictured above, then-Rep. Doug Beck, D-Affton, left, and Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsbury, right, discuss the highs and the lows of the 2019 legislative session during a town hall
meeting at the Affton Elks Lodge.

State representative shunned by Democrats launches campaign for Missouri governor

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent January 19, 2024

A Democratic state representative booted from her party’s caucus because of her association with a man described as a Holocaust denier and another called a conspiracy theorist is running for governor. State...

Missouri drivers violating the rules of the road are eligible for a second penalty — for texting and driving. (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).

Missouri’s new distracted driving law begins with warning-only period

By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent September 11, 2023

As of Aug. 28, a Missouri law will penalize drivers for using their cell phones while the car is moving. Inattention is a leading cause of collisions, said Captain John Hotz, director of public information...

State Rep. Jim Murphys pledge for congressional term limits. Murphy represents the 94th District, which includes Oakville, in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Rep. Jim Murphy pledges support for congressional term limits

September 3, 2023

Missouri state Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, announced last month that he supports term limits on Congress. The announcement came in a press release from the nonpartisan group U.S. Term Limits, whose...

The states first Safe Haven Baby Box was installed at the Mehlville Fire Protection Districts Engine House No. 2, 5434 Telegraph Road. The boxes are designed to let parents anonymously surrender newborns at firehouses, hospitals and other public safety locations.

Missouri’s first ‘baby box’ installed at Mehlville Fire engine house in Oakville

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 31, 2023

South St. Louis County is now home to Missouri’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, a newborn safety incubator that allows parents to relinquish babies with no legal consequences. The “baby boxes” are temperature...

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