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Lindbergh begins offering free meals to every student living in the district starting next week

Lindbergh begins offering free meals to every student living in the district starting next week

September 11, 2020

Starting next week, Lindbergh Schools will begin providing breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students and district residents below age 18, both in and out of school, through the end of the year....

Students arrive at Long Elementary School for the first day of classes  Aug. 27, 2020.  Mason Drinnin, above, was excited for his first day of first grade, with teachers lined up behind him to welcome students in person.

All Lindbergh elementary students will return to in-person school next week

September 11, 2020

All elementary students in Lindbergh Schools will be attending classes partially in person starting next week, as the district expands in-person classes to students in fourth and fifth grades. The district...

An Oakville Elementary student the first day of school.

Mehlville K-2 students will move from all-virtual to in-person school

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 10, 2020

The Mehlville School District is bringing back preschool and kindergarten through second-grade students for in-person learning in classrooms beginning Tuesday, Sept. 22, the district announced Thursday....

Mehlville’s John Cary Early Childhood students Emma Kitchell and Yaneli Juarez-Carrillo check out their playground the first week at school in 2018.

St. Louis County could open playgrounds soon, following cities like Crestwood

By Gloria Lloyd, Staff Reporter September 10, 2020

St. Louis County-owned playgrounds are still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic even after playgrounds in county municipalities like Crestwood have reopened, but that could change in the next week as...

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New Washington Middle assistant principal, Bill Murphy, is honored for time at Sperreng

September 10, 2020

A newly hired administrator was honored by Lindbergh Schools as he starts the school year as an assistant principal in the Mehlville School District. The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously voted...

Mehlville Fire Protection District critical-care paramedics, in a photo provided by the fire district.

Call volumes increase for Mehlville Fire District, but not due to COVID-19

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 9, 2020

The Mehlville Fire Protection District’s call volume is increasing, but not because of increased COVID-19 calls. In a COVID-19 update at the MFPD Board of Directors meeting held Aug. 26, Chief Brian...

Mehlville graduation 2020.

As students head to college, a look back at Mehlville High School’s 2020 graduation

September 9, 2020

As students head back to college, we're taking a look at Mehlville High School's unique 2020 graduation, a socially distanced and masked ceremony held at Family Arena in St. Charles in July. See below...

Crestwood resident Catherine Biermann smiles while holding her chicken, Jane, at her house in Crestwood. Jane is one of five chickens that Biermann keeps in a coop on her property on Lodge Pole Lane. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Crestwood discusses law on keeping ducks, eye center, Chase ATM comes to city

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 8, 2020

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen conducted a number of public hearings at its Aug. 25 meeting, held virtually over videoconferencing application Zoom. Hearings included a hearing for a standalone ATM on...

Students graduate from Oakville High School in a socially distanced in-person graduation last July.

As students head to college, a look back at Oakville High Class of 2020 graduation ceremony

September 8, 2020

As students head to college, we're taking a look back at the Class of 2020. Here is Oakville High School's masked graduation ceremony held in July at the Family Arena in St. Charles.     See...

As students head to college, a look back at Affton Highs Class of 2020 graduation

As students head to college, a look back at Affton High’s Class of 2020 graduation

September 7, 2020

With students headed to college, here's a look back at Affton High School's Class of 2020 graduation. Students graduated over three nights in June.     Night 1:   Night...

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