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A rendering of a home model in the proposed development.

Neighbors start petition against new 26-acre subdivision in Oakville

February 25, 2021
Lindbergh's Crestwood Elementary might expand due to mall housing

Lindbergh’s Crestwood Elementary might expand due to mall housing

February 24, 2021
The St. Louis County Police Department and the Mehlville Fire Protection District are shown at the scene of the fire at the vacant building that was once Eime Hardware Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.

Fire at former Eime Hardware store looked serious, but results in little damage

February 24, 2021
Dierbergs and McBride homes will work together to develop the former Crestwood Plaza mall site, taking over from former developer Walpert Properties, whose mixed-used development proposal fell through due to COVID.

Details scarce on new Crestwood mall TIF — but Dierbergs is confident

February 22, 2021
Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

Back on: St. Louis County’s first state mass vaccination site isn’t canceled after all

February 16, 2021
A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District, above, gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Friday. Most of the shots given at the vaccination sites in the Mehlville, Affton and Eureka fire protection districts halted last week, but the fire districts used remaining vaccine doses to vaccinate residents of group homes.

St. Louis County halts vaccines as shipments dry up from state

February 16, 2021
Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis County's mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, will begin public vaccinations Wednesday for those who are eligible and have appointments.

After a month, Missouri announces first mass vaccination sites in St. Louis and Kansas City

February 15, 2021
This is from a video showing how to use the GrandPad.

St. Louis County, library offer ‘GrandPads’ to connect seniors with technology

February 11, 2021
Candidate drops off Lindbergh ballot, but district still has to pay for election to be held

Candidate drops off Lindbergh ballot, but district still has to pay for election to be held

February 11, 2021
Plexiglas shields protect Roberto's patrons from one another, as seen in June 2020 when restaurants could reopen to indoor dining in St. Louis County after a stay-at-home order.

St. Louis County allows restaurants and bars to expand to 50-percent capacity

February 9, 2021
Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis County's mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, will begin public vaccinations Wednesday for those who are eligible and have appointments.

St. Louis County may halt COVID-19 vaccines this week as state declines to send doses

February 9, 2021
Above left, Rogers Elementary first grader Dominic Vallejo works at school wearing a mask Dec. 16, 2020, as Mehlville school signs, right, ask the community to do the same.

South County school districts take different approaches to snow days, starting today

February 9, 2021
Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Louis County's mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Wednesday, Feb. 3.

South County vaccine sites open, but St. Louis is a ‘vaccine desert’

February 9, 2021
Oakville Rep. Jim Murphy, inset center, testifies to the Special Committee on Small Business Jan. 26 on his bill, House Bill 75.

Four-hour hearing held on Murphy’s bill to limit local power over pandemic orders

February 4, 2021
The empty Crestwood mall site, with the buildings demolished and the site leveled, as seen in May 2019.

Crestwood TIF Commission starts meeting tonight on mall redevelopment

February 4, 2021
St. Louis County partnering with SSM Health to vaccinate first responders

St. Louis County partnering with SSM Health to vaccinate first responders

February 2, 2021
A Lindbergh school nurse gets the COVID-19 vaccine at Mercy St. Louis Hospital in January 2021.

St. Louis County to open vaccine sites at Affton, Mehlville, Eureka firehouses

February 2, 2021
Curbside pickup was open at Helen Fitzgerald's in Sunset Hills March 18.

COVID-19 curfew for St. Louis County bars and restaurants extended to 11 p.m.

February 2, 2021
Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

Top 10 Stories of Year: Dominated by COVID-19, but other things happened

January 30, 2021
Lindbergh Schools was named a

Lindbergh named a ‘Top Workplace’ in St. Louis

January 28, 2021
The empty Crestwood mall site, with the buildings demolished and the site leveled, as seen in May 2019.

TIF Commission convenes starting Feb. 4 for Crestwood mall plan from McBride/Dierbergs

January 27, 2021
Intensive care nurse Nicole Boyer speaks with reporters after being one of the first 20 nurses at Mercy Hospital South to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Boyer, who works in the ICU, has seen 'the worst of the worst' of COVID-19 cases.

St. Louis County announces plan for mass vaccination sites, starting in Ferguson

January 27, 2021
On first day back in school, Oakville High student wears Confederate flag mask

On first day back in school, Oakville High student wears Confederate flag mask

January 22, 2021
Jeannine Celestine, a respiratory therapist at Mercy Hospital South, prepares to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Celestine was one of 20 workers to be vaccinated Dec. 14 at Mercy Hospital South, along with another 20 nurses at Mercy's campus in Creve Coeur.

Members of the public can sign up with St. Louis hospitals to receive COVID-19 vaccine

January 19, 2021
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls in August 2020 in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

Paul Berry’s lawsuit asking for new county executive election is dismissed

January 19, 2021
A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for Mercy's Chief Medical officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 workers Dec. 14 and another 20 staffers Dec. 15.

St. Louis County could receive more vaccine doses today; opening vaccinations to those over age 65

January 19, 2021
Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch nominate 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas to serve as presiding officer of the St. Louis County Council at a May 2019 meeting.

County sues four council members over chair, leadership vote

January 18, 2021
Councilman Ernie Trakas angrily objects to Councilman Tim Fitch's attempt to elect a new chair and vice chair at the videoconferenced council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Trakas was attending from home.

St. Louis County Council clashes over chair, vice chair, as four members call special meeting today

January 15, 2021
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 board meeting held in person at the Mehlville High School Library. The presentation was ‘very thorough,’ board President Kevin Schartner said. The meeting was also livestreamed.

Mehlville weighs a 12-cent bond issue

January 14, 2021
The Big Bend Bridge over Interstate 44.

MoDOT holds virtual open house on replacing Big Bend Bridge over Interstate 44

January 13, 2021
A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for Mercy's Chief Medical officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 nurses on Dec. 14 and another 20 nurses on Dec. 15.

General public can sign up for priority list for St. Louis County’s COVID-19 vaccines

January 12, 2021
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton that is the first in the state. The food truck garden officially opened July 3.

St. Louis County ‘Safer at Home’ stay-at-home order extended indefinitely

January 6, 2021
The planned Meramec River Bridge replacement.

New eastbound Meramec River Bridge opens to traffic tonight; construction still finishes in early 2022

January 5, 2021
Bartolino's South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

St. Louis County restaurants will reopen for indoor dining Jan. 4, with these five changes

December 30, 2020
‘Twas the night before this Christmas in South County

‘Twas the night before this Christmas in South County

December 24, 2020
The rendering for the plaza for the now scrapped Crestwood City Center, released by Walpert in 2018.

Crestwood mall has a new developer: Dierbergs and McBride Homes

December 22, 2020
The newly renovated Gym 3 at Lindbergh High School was unveiled last week, ready except for finishing touches.

Lindbergh Gym 3 renovated, ready for action

December 16, 2020
Dr. Aamina Akhtar, infectious disease physician and chief medical officer at Mercy Hospital South, gets the first COVID-19 vaccine in the St. Louis region Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. 'This is a game changer,' Akhtar said of the vaccine.

PHOTOS: First St. Louis health-care workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine are in South County

December 15, 2020
County Executive Sam Page appears in a mask at the July ribbon cutting for 9 Mile Garden food truck plaza in Affton.

Page extends St. Louis County stay-at-home advisory to end of year

December 14, 2020
Lindbergh's Kennerly Elementary Principal DeAndre Thomas welcomes back some of the K-3 students who started class on Aug. 27, 2020.

Lindbergh emphasizes equity and diversity like never before, even during a pandemic

December 11, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

Coronavirus vaccine is light at end of tunnel

December 10, 2020
Lindbergh Schools was named a

‘Very, very little’ COVID transmission seen in Lindbergh classrooms

December 9, 2020
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon cutting for the 9 Mile Garden food truck garden in Affton Thursday, July 9.

Pushback on Page: Legislators want pandemic orders under state instead of county

December 9, 2020
South County sees highest rates of COVID-19, less mask compliance than elsewhere

South County sees highest rates of COVID-19, less mask compliance than elsewhere

December 8, 2020
Jay and Susan Trevisano, far right, appear with their display and the hosts of ‘Great Christmas Light Fight,’ filmed in Crestwood last year.

Crestwood family’s Teddy Bear Christmas Land featured on TV’s ‘Christmas Light Fight’

December 7, 2020
‘Code Sunshine’ is a welcome birthday gift: After being admitted for COVID-19 to Mercy Hospital South on his daughter’s birthday, April 2, Bill finally went home last week with his wife, Lynn – on his own 68th birthday. Bill, a COVID-19 patient who only wanted to provide his first name, spent three weeks at Mercy Hospital South, with a week on a ventilator and two weeks in intensive care. He was treated with convalescent plasma donated by someone recovered from COVID-19. Mercy South calls a ‘Code Sunshine’ to celebrate with COVID-19 patients as they leave the hospital. After Bill left through the lobby with Lynn to cheers from workers lining the halls, some of his nurses and therapists signed his shirt with their motto ‘Stayin’ Alive.’

Mercy South is overwhelmed by COVID patients in surge

December 7, 2020
Bartolino's South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

County shuts down Bartolino’s and three other restaurants that violated indoor dining ban

December 7, 2020
Bartolino's South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating. But so far, the restaurant has stayed open inside despite an indoor dining ban.

South County restaurants cited for defying dining ban

December 1, 2020
Bartolino's South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

St. Louis County restaurants lose court challenge of indoor dining ban, for now

December 1, 2020
St. Louis County officials urge residents not to gather with extended families for Thanksgiving

St. Louis County officials urge residents not to gather with extended families for Thanksgiving

November 24, 2020
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