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St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

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...

League, The Call hosting Mehlville Board of Education candidate forum

February 15, 2024

The League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis and Call Newspapers are hosting a forum March 5 for residents to hear from the candidates running for the four open seats on the Mehlville Board of Education...

Crestwood Elementary celebrates Super Bowl by giving back

Crestwood Elementary celebrates Super Bowl by giving back

February 13, 2024

Students and staff at Crestwood Elementary School came together to celebrate this past Super Bowl weekend, and the school’s “Souper Bowl of Caring’ week. This year, Crestwood Elementary collected...

Charges issued against suspects in Oakville triple shooting that left two dead

Charges issued against suspects in Oakville triple shooting that left two dead

By Staff Report February 12, 2024

Charges were issued last week against two suspects for the triple shooting at an apartment complex in Oakville that resulted in the death of two teenagers.  The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s...

St. Louis County Planning Commission will hear petitions for tattoo parlor, athletic fields

St. Louis County Planning Commission will hear petitions for tattoo parlor, athletic fields

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor February 8, 2024

The St. Louis County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday for a tattoo parlor in Affton, as well as a private sports complex in the Bayless School District and a multifamily development...

Green Park City Hall

Green Park scraps speed humps after concerns from MFPD and residents

By Ellie Marshall, Staff Reporter February 7, 2024

Another meeting, another discussion on speed humps. In a turn of events, however, the Green Park Board of Aldermen voted not to deploy speed humps in the Ronnie Hills subdivision at its Jan. 18 meeting,...

Breaking: Charges issued in Oakville triple shooting that left two dead

Breaking: Charges issued in Oakville triple shooting that left two dead

February 6, 2024

Update 5:18 p.m. Tuesday: The St. Louis County Police Department issued charges Tuesday against suspects Tyler Cole, 19, of the 7200 block of Becker Road, and Zachary Hough, 18, of the 4200 block of Massabielle...

Cassie Trueman helps one of her students make adjustments to their hot balloon last Thursday. Photo courtesy of the Mehlville School District.

Bernard students soar to new heights in science project

February 6, 2024

Cassie Trueman’s eighth-grade class took science to the skies last week at Bernard Middle School. Students had the opportunity to construct their own hot air balloon. Last Thursday, students spent...

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