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South St. Louis County News

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Social distancing at Cliff Cave Park this past spring.

Great Rivers Greenway asks for feedback

January 5, 2021

Great Rivers Greenway is celebrating its 20th anniversary and seeking feedback to envision the next 20 years of its mission connecting the region with greenways. Area residents are invited to guide Great Rivers Greenway’s...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

South County lawmakers join Giuliani in calls to investigate voter fraud

By Tessa Weinberg and Rudi Keller January 5, 2021

More than a month after the Nov. 3 presidential election, over half of Missouri’s Republican state representatives — including the incoming speaker of the House and nearly all South County’s GOP...

MFPD will get a new ladder system and safety climb in tower for No. 7

MFPD will get a new ladder system and safety climb in tower for No. 7

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 5, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District will be installing a new safety climb and ladder system at its training tower near Engine House No. 7. At the Nov. 18 meeting, the MFPD Board of Directors unanimously...

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

St. Louis County restaurants will reopen for indoor dining Jan. 4, with these five changes

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 30, 2020

Restaurants in St. Louis County will be allowed to reopen for indoor dining Monday, Jan. 4, after being closed for the last six weeks as COVID-19 hospitalizations skyrocketed. Since hospitalizations are...

This weeks front page: Saying goodbye to 2020

This week’s front page: Saying goodbye to 2020

December 29, 2020

We're all happy to say goodbye to this year. See you in 2021!

Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, testifies via Zoom to the Missouri House special committee on government oversight (screenshot via House Communications).

After testy Giuliani debate, Missouri bill supported by South County GOP lawmakers casting doubt on Biden victory dies

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent December 29, 2020

A Democratic state representative from Missouri accused Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani of lying to overturn the presidential election in a hearing held by a state committee Dec. 14. The former New York City...

Rep. David Gregory is pictured above meeting a constituent and her dog at a September 2020 food drive event he and Rep. Jim Murphy co-sponsored at Mehlville High School.

Most South County GOP legislators signed letter to investigate presidential election results in swing states that voted for Biden

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent December 28, 2020

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on the legislators' call for an investigation.  More than a month after the Nov. 3 presidential election, over half of Missouri’s Republican state...

The city of Sunset Hills campus.

Sunset Hills holds special Board of Aldermen meeting tonight

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 22, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will meet in a special meeting tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via teleconferencing. The special meeting was called by Mayor Pat Fribis,...

Award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix signs a book for Truman Middle School seventh-grader Nick Berra.

A look back: Young-adult author shares stories with Truman students

December 19, 2020

Editor's note: During the pandemic, when visitors aren't allowed in schools, we are revisiting some old stories from past years. This is from September 2011.  Truman Middle School students didn’t dare...

A drone photo of the Proposition R construction at Lindbergh High School.

PHOTOS: See progress on Lindbergh Schools’ Prop R

December 19, 2020

Proposition R upgrades are underway at Lindbergh High School, including renovations to Gym 3, new turf on the football and ongoing construction on a brand new, state-of-the-art high school building.    

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