Sunset Hills alderman responds to city attorney on her ethics complaint about the mayor
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
June 1, 2020
A Sunset Hills alderman is disputing the city attorney's ruling that text messages sent by Mayor Pat Fribis did not violate the city’s new ethics ordinance. Under the city’s ethics legislation, which was passed by a majority of the Board of Aldermen in January, a city official can file a compla...
Sunset Hills alderman files ethics complaint against Fribis over text messages
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
May 29, 2020
A Sunset Hills alderman filed an ethics complaint last week against Mayor Pat Fribis over a series of text messages, but the city attorney decided the texts did not violate the city’s new ethics ordinance. Under the city’s ethics legislation, which was passed by a majority of the Board of Alderm...
30th annual Grad Salute celebrates the unique Class of 2020
May 29, 2020
Oakville High graduates like Lauren Long, above, and their families celebrated the Class of 2020’s achievements with a drive-by graduation parade last week. Officials still hold out hope that despite the coronavirus pandemic, in-person graduation ceremonies can be held later this summer. In the mean...
South County Election Guide 2020: June 2
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
May 29, 2020
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, June 2 to weigh a number of candidates and in Crestwood, decide on a sales-tax extension. The election was originally set to happen in April, but Gov. Mike Parson postponed it to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the delay at the polls, residents of ...
Tapawingo threatens to sue to stop city survey
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
May 28, 2020
Attorneys for the Manors at Tapawingo subdivision have threatened to take the city to court if aldermen send out a survey seeking residents’ views on taking over the subdivision’s private streets. The idea of the city taking over the streets has been an issue off and on for a decade, but tensio...
Call makes endorsements in Sunset Hills elections for mayor and aldermen
May 28, 2020
Sunset Hills residents donated more pounds of food than any other city to the May 9 “Mayors for Meals” event, a testament to how engaged the city’s citizens are. This year’s election for mayor is proving no different. Mayor Pat Fribis is challenged by John Stephens, a physician who objects to the ...
Grad Salute: Lindbergh High Class of 2020
May 27, 2020
Congratulations Lindbergh High School seniors for a terrific achievement. To see this year's Grad Salute and greetings from the South County business community, celebrate with the May 28 print edition of Call Newspapers and the 30th annual Grad Salute for Lindbergh, Mehlville, Oakville, Bayless and Hancock...
Sunset Hills aldermen support Fribis for ‘what she has done and continues to do’
May 27, 2020
To the editor and residents: Sunset Hills Alderman Dee Baebler keeps suggesting that Mayor Pat Fribis was the only one who knew about the Winter Brothers’ flood-plain project before the construction began. She also alleges the mayor “hid” the project from the aldermen. All of the aldermen, including Baebler...
Former alderman says ‘deception’ unwarranted in Winter Brothers allegations
May 27, 2020
To the editor: Alderman Dee Baebler keeps pretending that Mayor Pat Fribis was the only one that knew about the Winter Brothers’ flood plain project before the construction began, and she even alleges the mayor “hid” the project from the aldermen. However, as pointed out to her at the March 10 Board of Al...
Election tension running high in Sunset Hills
By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter
May 26, 2020
With general municipal elections looming next week, tensions among Sunset Hills officials were on display at what was supposed to have been the board’s last meeting before the originally scheduled April election. For breaking news including an ethics complaint made by Ward 1 Alderman Ann McMunn a...
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