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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

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

Fitch and Harder introduce legislation to crack down on catalytic converter thefts

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor December 10, 2021

Two St. Louis County Council members have proposed legislation to curb thefts from vehicles in residential areas.  At County Council meetings in November, 3rd District County Councilman Tim Fitch,...

State Sen. Jill Schupp, left, and U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, right.

Ann Wagner prevails over Jill Schupp to hold on to St. Louis-area Congressional seat

By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent November 4, 2020

Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner will continue representing Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District for another two years, defeating Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp on Tuesday night in a race that has...

State Sen. Jill Schupp, left, and U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, right.

Jill Schupp faces Ann Wagner for Missouri’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District in Nov. 3 election

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 13, 2020

State Sen. Jill Schupp, D-St. Louis, is challenging U.S. Congresswoman Ann Wagner for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to represent the 2nd Missouri District. Schupp, 65, of Creve Coeur,...

Former Sunset Hills City Administrator Eric Sterman, left, and City Attorney Robert E. Jones during a meeting of the Board of Aldermen in 2017.

Sunset Hills’ first-ever city administrator, Eric Sterman, leaves for same job in Ballwin

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

Four years after making history as the first city administrator in Sunset Hills, City Administrator Eric Sterman has been hired for the same position in Ballwin. The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen was...

Gov. Mike Parson gets his flu shot in October 2019.

Some state parks close today, including Castlewood; state prisons won’t release inmates

By Jordan Meier, Missouri News Network April 2, 2020

Parks and prisons were major topics at Gov. Mike Parson’s Tuesday update on COVID-19 in Missouri. This comes after a weekend of high traffic at many state parks, and questions about whether the governor...

Deb Lavender challenges Koenig in 2020 race for Senate seat representing Sunset Hills

Deb Lavender challenges Koenig in 2020 race for Senate seat representing Sunset Hills

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 1, 2019

A current state legislator and physical therapist from Kirkwood is looking to turn a historically red state Senate district blue in 2020. State Rep. Deb Lavender, a Democrat, announced in May that...

Former South County man sentenced to five years for supporting terrorism; will be deported

Former South County man sentenced to five years for supporting terrorism; will be deported

August 27, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The same day a federal judge sentenced former County Executive Steve Stenger to four years in prison on federal corruption charges, she sentenced...

Businessman John Rallo, left, walks out of court a convicted felon after pleading guilty Tuesday, along with his attorney John Rogers. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Stenger accomplice John Rallo pleads guilty in federal corruption case

July 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The businessman at the center of the pay-to-play federal corruption case that engulfed former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger pleaded...

Infectious disease outbreak hits St. Louis County, possibly linked to premade salads

Infectious disease outbreak hits St. Louis County, possibly linked to premade salads

July 18, 2018

St. Louis County is seeing a breakout of the infectious disease cyclosporiasis, which is linked to fruits and vegetables contaminated with bacteria and might be spreading through premade salads, county...

MSD panel sets hearings on 2018 rate hike

MSD panel sets hearings on 2018 rate hike

May 16, 2018

The Rate Commission of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is reviewing MSD’s latest proposal for a rate increase. The sewer district says that its 2018 stormwater capital rate proposal will address...

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