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A Bierbaum bullseye

A Bierbaum bullseye

October 30, 2021

Bullseye! The Bierbaum Elementary Archery Club is in full swing for the school year. The club held its first meeting at the end of September and students have been meeting weekly since then to learn how...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Mehlville looks at student enrollment numbers, staffing, as district continues to plan for future

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 29, 2021

After the past few years of declining enrollment, enrollment in the Mehlville School District this year is slightly up.  At the Board of Education meeting Oct. 21, Assistant Superintendent of Schools...

Mehlville graduation 2020.

Mehlville resumes speaker series next month

October 29, 2021

The Mehlville School District is hosting the second installment of its speaker series focusing on its “Portrait of Graduate” with the second event set for Wednesday, Nov. 10.  The event, titled...

A scarecrow scavenger hunt

A scarecrow scavenger hunt

October 23, 2021

Oakville High School’s fashion merchandising class have created its first Scarecrow Festival for the community. The class has partnered with six local businesses to create scarecrows from concept to...

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

Mehlville Fire District sets 2021 tax rates

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 21, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors unanimously set its 2021 tax rate — which governs how much taxpayers pay in their property taxes due Dec. 31 — at a Sept. 29 tax-rate hearing.  The...

County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell discusses the charge of first-degree murder in the killing of police Officer Michael Langsdorf Monday, June 24, 2019.

Murphy, O’Donnell hosting joint town hall with prosecuting attorney, South County police

October 20, 2021

South County representatives are hosting a town hall Oct. 30 to address car, home and garage break-ins in the community. The event is from noon to 2 p.m. at Bernard Middle School, 1054 Forder Road,...

Mehlville looks at safety beyond Prop S

Mehlville looks at safety beyond Prop S

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 20, 2021

One of the main priorities within the Mehlville School District’s strategic plan is safety, and with the passage of Proposition S — a $35 million no-tax-rate increase bond measure — in April, the...

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

Board continues to uphold mask resolution

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last month to continue requiring universal masking inside all district facilities for all students, staff and administrators regardless of vaccination status.  The...

With parents and a student sitting behind him socially distanced, Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines presents bond issue information to the Board of Education, including conceptual drawings, at the Oct. 15, 2020, board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ then board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Mehlville passes next five-year phase of district’s strategic plan

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education passed the next five-year iteration of the district’s strategic plan last month, after years of planning and gathering feedback from the community about what the next...

A hometown hero’s homecoming

October 16, 2021

Three-time Stanley Cup champion and South County’s very own Pat Maroon paid a visit to his alma mater Sept. 15 at Oakville High School, donning an OHS hockey jersey. Maroon won his third Stanley Cup...

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