South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Bridge over Bayless

Bridge over Bayless

February 27, 2020

Great Rivers Greenway installed a 600-foot pedestrian bridge last week across Bayless Avenue at Interstate 55 to connect to the trail expansion currently under construction. The bridge is made up of seven...

Lt. Col. Troy Doyle of the St. Louis County Police Department talks to reporters during the County Council meeting in April 2019, after he was announced as the interim director of the Department of Justice Services. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Police board kicks off hiring of new chief, starts internal search along with public sessions

February 24, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners seems to be looking internally for the next chief of the county Police Department, asking...

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar announces the newly instated Special Response Unit in 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

South County listening session on next police chief set for Wednesday

February 24, 2020

The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners will host two more upcoming public events to gather feedback directly from the citizens of St. Louis County on the selection of the next police chief,...

New exhibit featured at Laumeier Sculpture Park now through May: Mark Dions Follies

New exhibit featured at Laumeier Sculpture Park now through May: Mark Dion’s ‘Follies’

February 20, 2020

Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, presents a new exhibit, “Mark Dion: Follies,” now through May 24. Artist Mark Dion has fashioned a worldwide reputation as an innovative sculptor and installation...

Chief Jon Belmar, right, speaks at the memorial for Officer Blake Snyder held at Affton High School the night Snyder was killed, Oct. 6, 2016, with Sgt. Keith Wildhaber, second from left, looking on. Photo by Bill Milligan.

County settles Wildhaber case for $10.25 million

February 20, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by an Oakville police sergeant Feb. 10, going into a debt that taxpayers will be paying...

Mantovani talks with Amy Stuber of Creve Coeur and John Snodgrass of Richmond Heights. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Mantovani running for county executive again

February 19, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Businessman Mark Mantovani officially launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination for St. Louis County executive, challenging current...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

Crime, Clean Missouri, flooding among South County legislators’ priorities for session

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 18, 2020

A little over a month into the 2020 Missouri General Assembly, lawmakers are hard at work in Jefferson City trying to pass their sponsored legislation. South County legislators filed bills this year related...

Belmar retiring; Page says he wasn’t forced out as the chief

Belmar retiring; Page says he wasn’t forced out as the chief

February 17, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Chief Jon Belmar announced last week that he will retire as the head of the St. Louis County Police Department, effective April 30, but County...

Special School District Superintendent Elizabeth Keenan, above in black, surprises Sarah Nowell with the award for SSD’s 2020 Teacher of the Year.

Special School District hires new superintendent

February 16, 2020

The Special School District of St. Louis County has a new superintendent this school year after the SSD Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Elizabeth Keenan last April. Keenan began her job...

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