April 20, 2018
This is a developing story, check back for updates. Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com and Columbia Missourian Staff Gov. Eric Greitens faces a second felony charge in the city of St. Louis after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged him Friday with computer tampering in connection with a donor list his campaign obtained from
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com Negotiations between the Mehlville School District and teachers seem to have gone smoother than last year, and the Board of Education approved an agreement last week. Members of the Mehlville National Education Association were set to vote on the contract Wednesday — after the Call went to press. If
[ Read More ]Pictured: The now-demolished Crestwood mall. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com UPDATE: House Bill 1236 passed out of the Local Government Committee Wednesday 8-2 and will go to a full vote of the House next week. Stay tuned for more in the April 26 print edition of the Call. A bill that would give school
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County and city voters could double the taxes they pay to the St. Louis Zoo if they approve a new sales tax for a zoo expansion in north county. The zoo is asking the County Council to approve a new sales tax of one-eighth of 1 cent.
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District responded last week to what they eventually called a three-alarm fire at the Meramec Energy Center coal plant in Oakville, as seen in this photo from the Rock Community Fire Protection District. Ameren Missouri officials said the April 9 fire was minor and didn’t
[ Read More ]By Annika Merrilees and Kaylin Baylis Columbia Missourian JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate business largely was dominated Thursday by frank discussion of the investigation into Gov. Eric Greitens, and a top Republican lawmaker called for the governor to step down immediately. A House investigative committee released a report Wednesday evening containing witness testimony about Greitens’
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com Ismaine Ayouaz has worked for years to get elected to the Crestwood Board of Aldermen, and it happened last week when he defeated incumbent Ward 4 Alderman Timothy Anderson to become Ward 4’s next alderman. Ayouaz defeated Anderson with 419 votes, or 58.85 percent of the vote, to Anderson’s
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com Crestwood Ward 3 Alderman Grant Mabie was re-elected last week by one of the largest margins of victory for an alderman or mayor in the city in more than 20 years. The decisive win over former Ward 3 Alderman Bill Boston in the April 3 election, 76 percent to 24
[ Read More ]The disputed Lewis Road Bridge in Eureka. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com The County Council rejected legislation last week to replace a bridge in Eureka that supporters say is the worst bridge in the county and critics say is a bridge to one person — who happens to be a
[ Read More ]Pictured above: St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com A special prosecutor filed a petition with the court this weekend asking to remove St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas from office because his work as an attorney for public school districts violates the county Charter. The rare “quo warranto” request
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