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September is self-improvement month

September is self-improvement month

By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call September 21, 2022

September – one grandchild is in college and four are in high school. Each is stepping outside their comfort zone and learning new and useful information and is continually improving oneself.  It...

Justin Charboneau

Charboneau suggests new committee

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 21, 2022

Crestwood Ward 2 Alderman Justin Charboneau pitched the idea of a new committee to the board Sept. 13. Charboneau said having aldermen on other committees has worked out well for the city, but the board...

Crestwood Park, 99724 Meadowfern Drive.

Help remove invasive honeysuckle during a ‘honeysuckle hack’ at Crestwood Park

September 21, 2022

Crestwood, the Missouri Department of Conservation and Back to Nature partners are inviting volunteers to cleanup invasive honeysuckle during a “Back to Nature Honeysuckle Hack” at a Crestwood city...

PHOTOS: Crews begin dismantling historic 1810s Joseph Sappington Cabin in Affton, will be reconstructed at Thomas Sappington House Park in Crestwood

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 20, 2022

The dismantling and move of the historic Joseph Sappington Log Cabin is officially underway after crews began dismantling the cabin Sept. 13. The 1816 cabin is being moved from its present location...

Alice Cooper.

Alice Cooper brings ‘Detroit Stories’ to St. Louis

By Dave Gil De Rubio, For the Call September 20, 2022

In coming out of the pandemic, Alice Cooper had plenty to grapple with between getting over a case of COVID-19 in December 2020, to figuring out what direction he was going to head in with his 21st solo...

Crestwood celebrates 75th anniversary with parade and 5K

Crestwood celebrates 75th anniversary with parade and 5K

September 20, 2022

This year is the 75th anniversary of Crestwood and the city has been celebrating all year with golf tournaments, trivia nights, socials and concerts, with a parade, 5K run  and other all-day events scheduled...

An aerial photo of the Crestwood mall site under construction in 1956.

Crestwood celebrates 75 years

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter September 20, 2022

The City of Crestwood celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with a yearlong celebration. The official anniversary is Nov. 12. The year’s celebration is spearheaded by the 75th Anniversary Committee,...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

Mehlville Board of Education reviews options on asking voters for levy increase

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 20, 2022

Voters in the Mehlville School District could consider a tax levy increase to retain education supports as soon as April 2023. For the past two months, the Mehlville Board of Education has reviewed...

Uncovering a piece of history

Uncovering a piece of history

September 19, 2022

During ongoing Proposition S construction at Bierbaum Elementary, crews came across a sealed metal box inside the buildings original dedication stone from 1962. Bierbaum Principal Paul Morris and students...

A Mehlville Fire Protection District employee administers a Johnson & Johnson vaccine dose at a vaccine clinic at Bernard Middle School April 3, 2021.

Bivalent COVID vaccine boosters now available at St. Louis County health centers

September 19, 2022

St. Louis County has begun to distribute COVID-19 vaccine boosters that target the dominant Omicron variants.  St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said in a briefing Sept. 14 the county had received...

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