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Full schedule for Oakville girls cross country

Full schedule for Oakville girls cross country

By Stephen Glover, For the Call August 25, 2021

As the Oakville girls cross country team prepares for the start of the 2021 season, the Tigers are looking forward to finally having a full meet schedule this year. “We actually have a decent turnout...

Former OHS student sworn-in to board

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 23, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education welcomed a newcomer in April when former Oakville High School student Patrick McKelvey was sworn in after the municipal election. McKelvey, 23, is a 2015 graduate of Oakville...

Pictured above, from left, are Carol’s husband Greg Jacobsmeyer, critical care paramedic Janis Smith, Acting Battalion Chief Lee Bennion, Carol Jacobsmeyer, critical care paramedic Chris Ekiss and private James Teeple.

Mehlville Fire Protection District recognizes lifesaving EMS team

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 22, 2021

Several employees of the Mehlville Fire Protection District were recognized last month at a Board of Directors meeting for their efforts in helping to save the life of a fire district resident who went...

The campaign committee for Mehlville School District’s Proposition S, Mehlville-Oakville United, hosted a donut drive-thru in 2021 at Mehlville High School, Washington Middle School and Oakville Middle/Wohlwend Elementary. The event featured free donuts, “Yes on S” car painting and committee members dressed in costumes to raise awareness about the bond measure.

Prop S improvements begin with HVAC and softball fields

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 21, 2021

Now that the historic vote to pass the Mehlville School District’s first bond issue in nearly 30 years is in the past, work is underway on the projects funded by Proposition S. As the district starts...

Mehlville Fire Protection District employee Kelly Pettit administers a Johnson & Johnson vaccine dose at a state-run vaccination event at Bernard Middle School Saturday, April 3.

Several back-to-school vaccine events being offered

July 21, 2021

State representatives Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, and Michael O’Donnell, R-Oakville, along with the Mehlville Fire Protection District and Mehlville School District are co-sponsoring a back-to-school COVID-19...

Oakville’s Hunter Iffland slides home safely as Mehlville catcher Carmen Fuller awaits the throw from his defense in a March 2019 game.

Oakville High School baseball fields will be upgraded through Prop S

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 2, 2021

Oakville High School’s baseball fields will get a facelift this  fall after the Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved a bid for field improvements at its meeting June 10. The board unanimously...

A Mehlville listening session in 2018.

Board listening sessions begin next year

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 1, 2021

The Mehlville Board of Education will bring back board listening sessions in the 2021-2022 school year. At the Board of Education meeting April 29, the board adopted the 2021-2022 board meeting schedule,...

Mehlville nurses unionize, approve first contract with district

Mehlville nurses unionize, approve first contract with district

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 29, 2021

For the first time ever, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the Mehlville School District have unionized, joining the teachers’ bargaining unit and conducting salary negotiations with the district. The...

A photo of the rescue as it happened at Johnson’s Shut-Ins June 14.

Oakville grads rescue drowning teenager at Johnson’s Shut-Ins

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 24, 2021

A teenager who nearly drowned at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park last week was rescued by a group of quick-thinking teen lifeguards visiting from Oakville, with help from a fateful trip to Walgreens. The...

Lori and Ernie Trakas

Post-corruption, Trakas focuses on the 6th District

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 24, 2021

Four years into Ernie Trakas’ tenure as the St. Louis County Council member for the 6th District, he is finally able to pursue his own vision for St. Louis County instead of opposing one from someone...

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