August 22, 2019
Pictured above: A rendering of the proposed layout and location of the St. Louis Bomber’s rugby park. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Bombers. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Comments for and against the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club’s proposal for fields in Sunset Hills dominated the majority of the Board of Aldermen meeting last
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Councilman Ernie Trakas questions attorney Andrew Scavotto at an Ethics Committee hearing in 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County is conducting an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas. In a statement read to a reporter, Trakas said
[ Read More ]Pictured above: HCI, a medical marijuana dispensary located in Collinsville, Illinois. Photo by Erin Achenbach. Update: At the Planning Commission’s Aug. 19 meeting, the commission voted to expand the buffer for all medical marijuana facilities to 1,000 feet. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County still doesn’t have zoning in place for marijuana
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The female-majority team ownership of the new St. Louis MLS team, announced Aug. 20, 2019. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After decades of hoping for St. Louis soccer fans, it’s official: The city will get a Major League Soccer team. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced Tuesday in St. Louis that MLS
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Former Economic Development Partnership CEO Sheila Sweeney, second from left, and her team of attorneys arrive at the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse Friday. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Sheila Sweeney, the former CEO of the St. Louis joint city-county economic development agency, was sentenced to probation
[ Read More ]In a series of public Board of Equalization hearings July 25, commercial and residential property owners try to convince that they properties are worth less than originally assessed. The current Board of Equalization is comprised of three members; under the Charter Commission’s potential proposal, the Board of Equalization would expand to possibly three boards, with
[ Read More ]The community is invited to provide public feedback on a new pedestrian bridge that will be built on the north side of the new westbound Interstate 44 bridge over the Meramec River. Project partners Great Rivers Greenway and the cities of Sunset Hills, Kirkwood and Fenton invite residents of the region to an open house
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Steve Stenger, right, and his lawyer Scott Rosenblum leave the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in downtown St. Louis following Stenger’s sentencing Friday, Aug. 9. Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and will report Sept. 21. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com One of Steve Stenger’s fellow former county
[ Read More ]Pictured above: A ‘No Cluster Homes’ sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills in March. The signs were put up by residents around the city who were opposed to a 12-home development on a five-acre tract by developer Fischer & Frichtel near Robyn Road, Lincoln Drive and Lindbergh Drive. Fischer & Frichtel eventually scrapped the
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Steve Stenger, right, and his lawyer Scott Rosenblum leave the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse in downtown St. Louis following Stenger’s sentencing Friday, Aug. 9. Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and will report Sept. 21. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com This is a developing story. Check back
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