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South St. Louis County News

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Woman dies in Telegraph Road crash, hit by car after exiting SUV

Woman dies in Telegraph Road crash, hit by car after exiting SUV

October 9, 2020

A woman was killed when a car hit her while she was standing outside her car Friday morning on Telegraph Road in Oakville. Traffic has been stopped both ways on Telegraph Road at Greymonte Estates Drive,...

The Mehlville High School football team defeated the Oakville Tigers 28-25 Friday night, Nov. 1, 2013, in the first round of the Class 6 District 1 playoffs. In their last meeting Oct. 11, the Tigers prevailed over Mehlville in a 35-23 comeback victory. Above, Oakville’s Qian Johnson, left, is all over Mehlville quarterback Brendan Moore.

Mehlville-Oakville rivalry football game returns to St. Louis County as restrictions are lifted

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 9, 2020

St. Louis County announced this week that it is lifting the restriction on games for high-contact youth sports such as football, and the Mehlville School District's plan to bring football back to the district...

In a time like no other, Gaines adapts Mehlville State of the District to update public

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 8, 2020

Mehlville School District Superintendent Chris Gaines gave his sixth annual State of the District address this year, although the presentation looked a bit different than previous years due to the COVID-19...

MFPD firefighter-medics David Wideman and Capt. Nick Larosa pull Jared Sarni out of the water during a mock water rescue practice in 2018.

Mehlville Fire policy change affects task force pay

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Repoter October 7, 2020

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors was set to vote on a proposal to make changes to the district’s employee manual regarding pay while deployed for disaster assistance Wednesday...

Jim Murphy (left) and Jean Pretto (right).

Pretto is challenging Murphy in 94th District

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 6, 2020

It will be a rematch of the November 2018 election for the 94th Missouri House District, as Rep. James “Jim” Murphy, a Republican, will once again face Mehlville Board of Education member Emma “Jean”...

Bob Burns, left, and Ernie Trakas, right.

Burns challenges Trakas for 6th District County Council seat this November

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 6, 2020

Rep. Bob Burns, D-Affton, will challenge Republican incumbent Ernie Trakas in the election Tuesday, Nov. 3, to see who will take the seat representing the County Council’s 6th District. The 6th District...

 Oakville hockey star and native Pat Maroon drinks out of the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row after the Tampa Bay Lightening defeated the Dallas Stars Sept. 28 for the Stanley Cup title. NHL players were kept in a ‘bubble’ and regularly tested for COVID-19 during the shortened season. ‘A kid from South County getting a Stanley Cup ring. Unbelievable,’ Maroon’s father Phil Maroon said.

Pat Maroon does it again, winning Stanley Cup with new team

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 5, 2020

Oakville’s hometown hero did it again. Pat Maroon, 32, the Oakville native who famously helped the St. Louis Blues win the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last year, won the Stanley Cup again Sept....

The Mehlville Senior High School football team kicked off its 2014 season Friday night, Aug. 22, 2014, at home, falling to Chaminade 50-7. Above, Mehlvilles Tradell Cunningham, right, pursues Chaminades Bryce Johnson. The Panthers faced Pattonville the next week on the road.

Take our poll: Should school districts play football outside St. Louis County to get around COVID-19 restrictions?

October 3, 2020

The Lindbergh Flyers will be playing football in Jefferson County and the Mehlville Panthers and Oakville Tigers will play each other in an undetermined outside county Friday, Oct. 9. Do you agree with...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page speaks to reporters after voting Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur  in the Democratic primary.

Page recommends $848 million budget to County Council that has raises for employees and police

October 2, 2020

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page submitted his $848 million recommended 2021 budget to the County Council Friday. The budget includes $4.3 million to resume an annual merit pay program for employees,...

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper brought Maroon in to the team this year fresh off the Stanley Cup. The decision ended well as the Lightning also claimed the Stanley Cup Monday night, Sept. 28, 2020.

South County’s hockey hero Pat Maroon does it again, winning Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 30, 2020

South County’s hometown hero did it again. Pat Maroon, 32, the Oakville native who famously helped the St. Louis Blues win the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last year, won the Stanley Cup again Monday...

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