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An aerial view of an existing office building that could become the new Mehlville Central Office at 2900 Lemay Ferry Road, from the real-estate listing in March 2021.

Mehlville School District buys building next to Mehlville High to replace Central Office

June 14, 2021

Mehlville School District buys land for future Oakville High auditorium, but it won’t happen any time soon

June 11, 2021
Above is a rendering of the 100-acre proposed redevelopment 'Tesson Ridge,' consisting of more than 100 single-family homes and villas, a 210-unit apartment complex and 8 acres of commercial sites.

Tesson Ridge redevelopment of 100-acre MetLife site is up for zoning next week

June 9, 2021
Attorney general files suit to shut down Crestwood spa for alleged sex trafficking

Attorney general files suit to shut down Crestwood spa for alleged sex trafficking

June 8, 2021
Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger exits the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in downtown St. Louis May 3, 2019, after pleading guilty to three charges of theft of honest services/bribery and mail fraud. Stenger initially pleaded not guilty to the charges at an arraignment April 29 after an April 25 indictment was unsealed that morning, prompting Stenger to resign as county executive minutes later.

Stenger released from prison, back in St. Louis

June 8, 2021
A rendering of the 'Oakwood' home model in the proposed development.

Oakville subdivision OK’d with less setback

June 3, 2021
Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch at a May 2019 meeting.

County Council returns to in-person meetings

June 1, 2021
In this December 1979 black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places, the view of the house is seen from the southeast.

Crestwood eyes moving cabin

May 29, 2021
Chambers are joining together and merging

Chambers are joining together and merging

May 28, 2021
Pesticides that use smoke bombs, like 'Gopher Gasser,' can be a fire hazard to use near a home.

Pesticide smoke bombs can start fires, cautions Mehlville Fire Protection District

May 28, 2021
Fenton Chrysler plant revitalized with TIF

Fenton Chrysler plant revitalized with TIF

May 27, 2021
The Kassebaum Building, at the corner of Butler Hill Road and Lemay Ferry.

QuikTrip wants to build gas station at Butler Hill/Lemay Ferry corner

May 27, 2021
Lindbergh Schools Superintendent Tony Lake at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lindbergh High School in 2020.

Three years in as superintendent, Lake looking ahead for Lindbergh

May 26, 2021
An Affton Fire Protection District fire engine.

Crestwood loses lawsuit to Affton Fire District, will continue to pay for annexing forever

May 26, 2021
The Kassebaum Building, at the corner of Butler Hill Road and Lemay Ferry.

Historic preservation returns as buildings are threatened

May 25, 2021
Dinner-goers visit 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton in July 2020. The state’s first food truck garden, 9 Mile Garden opened July 3, 2020.

Affton is seeing a renaissance of brand-new developments

May 25, 2021
The demolished Crestwood Plaza. Dierbergs and McBride Homes will work together to develop the former Crestwood Court mall site, taking over from former developer Walpert Properties, whose development proposal fell through due to COVID.

Crestwood mall: Dierbergs asks for $17 million in tax incentives for $67 million redevelopment

May 25, 2021
The St. Louis County Planning Commission showed this aerial view of the site proposed for the storage facility, fronting Gravois Road.

Gravois Self-Storage set to meet tougher requirements

May 18, 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, city lift mask mandates for vaccinated people, following new federal guidance

May 14, 2021
Council rejects plan for oil changes and car wash

Council rejects plan for oil changes and car wash

May 13, 2021
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 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.

Missouri sues St. Louis County over COVID-19 mandates

May 11, 2021
Shields block individual tables from one another at Roberto's Trattoria, using Plexiglas barriers in June 2020.

County, city reopening with no capacity limits

May 3, 2021
A fire at Manor Chemical Company plant, 6901 Heege Road, as seen from the new Tower Tee facility currently under construction, Thursday, April 29. The four-alarm chemical fire forced evacuations of residents near the plant, but the fire was fully contained by the end of the day and residents were able to return to their homes that evening.

Everyone safe after fire destroys Affton chemical plant; chief recounts the scene

April 30, 2021
A large chemical fire, as seen from the new Tower Tee under construction.

Large chemical fire leads to evacuations in Affton

April 29, 2021
A rendering of the proposed Oakville Starbucks, which would be drive-thru only.

Oakville Starbucks would be a drive-thru-only coffee shop

April 29, 2021
The entrance to the Concord Farmers Club, 10140 Concord School Road, with Sperreng Middle School in the background.

Lindbergh buys the Concord Farmers Club

April 28, 2021
The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Mehlville Fire stops construction on Sunset Hills hotel

April 28, 2021
Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch at a May 2019 meeting.

Boards weigh return to meeting in person

April 27, 2021
The demolished Crestwood Plaza. Dierbergs and McBride Homes will work together to develop the former Crestwood Court mall site, taking over from former developer Walpert Properties, whose development proposal fell through due to COVID.

Crestwood mall plan still ‘conceptual,’ but public hearing set and details revealed

April 27, 2021
Above is a rendering of the 100-acre proposed redevelopment 'Tesson Ridge,' consisting of more than 100 single-family homes and villas, a 210-unit apartment complex and 8 acres of commercial sites.

Mixed-use development proposed for 100 acres of MetLife’s campus

April 26, 2021
Above is a rendering of the 100-acre proposed redevelopment 'Tesson Ridge,' consisting of more than 100 single-family homes and villas, a 210-unit apartment complex and 8 acres of commercial sites.

Mixed-use redevelopment proposed for 100-acre MetLife site in South County; town hall held next week

April 22, 2021
MFPD Chief Brian Hendricks speaks at a board meeting in 2019.

Mehlville Fire District gets ahead of a microchip shortage affecting Tahoes

April 21, 2021
Post-celebration, focus of Prop S turns to accountability

Post-celebration, focus of Prop S turns to accountability

April 15, 2021
Students at Wohlwend Elementary, above, held up thank-you signs for Mehlville School District voters the day after Mehlville’s first bond issue since 1992, Proposition S, passed April 6. The money will fund a new secure entry at all schools.

Mehlville voters approve 1st bond issue since ‘92

April 15, 2021
The Starbucks in Affton, 10015 Gravois Road, is the newest Starbucks built in South County.

New Oakville Starbucks with drive-thru is up for public hearing

April 14, 2021
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.

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine paused in U.S. after six ‘extremely rare’ cases of blood clots out of 6.8 million

April 13, 2021
Remote meetings are good and bad; let’s keep the good 

Remote meetings are good and bad; let’s keep the good 

April 8, 2021
Buffaloes along Lemay Ferry Road? Inflatable turkeys along Telegraph? Supporters of the Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue donned eye-catching costumes at the March 13 ‘donut drive-thru’ at Mehlville High that featured MHS students, above, with junior Emma Maxwell as the Bierbaum Buffalo mascot. Similar sign rallies were also held in Oakville. Another ‘donut drive-thru’ to rally for Prop S was set at the same schools Saturday, April 3.

Mehlville School District voters pass first bond issue since 1992

April 7, 2021
South County Election Guide 2021

South County Election Guide 2021

April 6, 2021
County sets a precedent for storage units to look better; Gravois up first

County sets a precedent for storage units to look better; Gravois up first

April 5, 2021
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

April 2, 2021
Here's 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

April 1, 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, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

Here are answers to commonly asked questions about the vaccine, along with myths

April 1, 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, Feb. 12, 2021.

Mass vaccine events (finally) come to South County in coming weeks

March 31, 2021
Washington Middle School evacuated due to threat, but police find nothing

Washington Middle School evacuated due to threat, but police find nothing

March 30, 2021
The St. Louis County Planning Commission showed this aerial view of the site proposed for the storage facility, fronting Gravois Road.

Gravois Road storage site OK’d for zoning by panel

March 24, 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, Feb. 12, 2021.

Murphy pushes for shots at a South County event

March 22, 2021
The pool at the Kennedy Recreation Center.

County eyes repairs and upgrades to Kennedy pool, at urging of Trakas

March 19, 2021
A general rendering of a new QuikTrip. This is not a specific rendering of the ones proposed along Lemay Ferry Road.

Virtual meeting set to be held tonight about new QuikTrip at Lemay Ferry and Butler Hill

March 18, 2021
Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

All Mehlville students return to school five days a week in person starting April 19, after most teachers will be vaccinated

March 18, 2021
The Affton School District vaccinated every teacher and staff member who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine at an event at Affton High School Monday, March 15, 2021, seen above.

South County school districts hold special events to vaccinate teachers

March 18, 2021
The Planning Commission showed this aerial view of the proposed site at the corner of South Lindbergh Boulevard and Lemay Ferry Road at the commission's March 8 meeting.

Two new QuikTrips proposed in two miles on Lemay Ferry Road

March 17, 2021
The Call’s General Manager Bill Milligan, left, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination event Feb. 23 in Canton, Missouri, population 2,377. Milligan traveled from South County, population of more than 100,000, which had not had a single mass vaccine event at press time.

Hunt for vaccines sends South County residents across state

March 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, Feb. 12, 2021.

St. Louis County, fire districts will vaccinate homebound residents; program already underway in Mehlville

March 10, 2021
This image released by the state shows testing locations throughout St. Louis County.

UK COVID-19 variant found at high levels in North County; South County tests find low levels

March 10, 2021
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 Mile Garden, a food truck garden in Affton. The food truck garden and The Canteen @ 9 Mile Garden, a drafthouse next to the garden, opened July 3, 2020.

In ‘cautious reopening,’ St. Louis County allows larger gatherings, increased capacity and more fans for sports

March 8, 2021
Grace Knoll, 95, a long-term care resident at St. Luke’s Surrey Place, was the first resident at the skilled nursing facility to roll up her sleeves and receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.

How to find the COVID-19 vaccine in St. Louis and beyond

March 4, 2021
A rendering of the 'Oakwood' home model in the proposed development.

Planning Commission will vote on Oakville subdivision Monday, March 8

March 4, 2021
New 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, center, listens to members of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership board testify Jan. 15, 2019, along with 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, left, and 7th District Councilman Mark Harder. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Judge rules that Rita Days is legal St. Louis County Council chair, not Lisa Clancy

March 2, 2021
A rendering of the 'Oakwood' 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, Feb. 12, 2021.

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, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

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, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

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 named a ‘Top Workplace’ in St. Louis

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 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
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