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South County Election Guide 2021

South County Election Guide 2021

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 6, 2021

The St. Louis Call has full election coverage for the April 6 municipal election in South County cities and school districts. You can still vote in person at satellite voting sites through Monday, April...

Letters to the editor

MOU organizer asks residents to vote to upgrade schools with a ‘zero-tax-rate increase’

April 5, 2021

To the editor: It’s simple, really. The Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue on the April 6 ballot is a zero-tax-rate increase. It is a reallocation of funds that are already being...

Letters to the editor

Concord resident wants to see Stegman re-elected, asks for ‘continuation of good governance’

April 5, 2021

To the editor: As a 30-year resident and taxpayer living in the Mehlville Fire Protection District, I write to ask my fellow citizens to vote for the re-election of Bonnie Stegman on April 6 to the...

Proper Cannabis, 7417 S. Lindbergh Blvd., near South County Center. The store will open in mid-April as a high-end retail store, and needed no zoning from St. Louis County because it is in a C-3 Commercial Shopping District, where dispensaries are allowed as a use.

Take our poll: Will you visit the new medical marijuana dispensaries?

April 3, 2021

Medical marijuana dispensaries are opening in South County ahead of marijuana high holiday 4/20. Our poll question this week asks: Will you visit the new medical marijuana dispensaries?

Series of bathroom threats at Bernard Middle appear to be copycat incidents after Washington Middle School evacuation

Series of bathroom threats at Bernard Middle appear to be copycat incidents after Washington Middle School evacuation

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 2, 2021

Threats were scrawled in two different bathrooms at Bernard Middle School the last two days, in what could be copycat incidents imitating bathroom threats that prompted students’ evacuation from Washington...

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting had some special guests in 2019, when the city presented St. Louis Blues mascot Louie and Bob Plager, one of the franchise’s first players, with a proclamation honoring the Blues and their Stanley Cup-winning season. ‘The whole city of Crestwood was pulling for you, the whole St. Louis region was pulling for you,’ said Mayor Grant Mabie, above left, as he presentedLouie and Plager with a copy of the proclamation at the Aug. 27 meeting.

PHOTOS: Remembering Bob Plager’s 2019 visit to South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 2, 2021

St. Louisans are recalling decades of fond memories after St. Louis Blues hockey legend Bob Plager, 78, died last week. Plager died Wednesday, March 24, when his vehicle collided with another vehicle...

Students at Oakville Elementary participate in Kids Voting for the November 2018 election.

Read all The Call’s candidate questionnaires for the April 6 election

April 2, 2021

The Call’s candidate questionnaires offer the most complete glimpse you’ll find of candidates’ views leading up to an election. View a complete collection of the Call candidate questionnaires for...

Our Call: Vote yes on MSDs Proposition Y, but no on all its other propositions

Our Call: Vote ‘yes’ on MSD’s Proposition Y, but ‘no’ on all its other propositions

April 1, 2021

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has a $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, on the ballot April 6. Prop Y will fund five years of needed upgrades for MSD’s “Project Clear” consent decree...

Heres what to know about the MSD propositions on the April 6 ballot

Here’s what to know about the MSD propositions on the April 6 ballot

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 1, 2021

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has a $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, on the ballot April 6, along with five proposals that would make changes to the charter under which MSD operates MSD...

Captiva Healing Dispensary, 9933 Watson Road in Crestwood, appears set to be the first dispensary to open in South County, with its website promoting a grand opening April 8. As of Thursday, April 1, the dispensary appeared to be open for a soft opening.

Marijuana dispensaries are opening soon in South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 1, 2021

The first medical marijuana dispensaries in South County are racing to open this month just in time for 4/20. Crestwood’s Captiva Healing Dispensary, 9933 Watson Road, appears set to be the first dispensary...

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