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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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PHOTOS: St. Louis native killed by suicide bomber in Syria laid to rest at Jefferson Barracks

PHOTOS: St. Louis native killed by suicide bomber in Syria laid to rest at Jefferson Barracks

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 8, 2019

Photos by Erin Achenbach. Dozens of people gathered along Telegraph Road leading to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Wednesday for the funeral procession of Scott "Scotty" Wirtz, 42, of St. Louis,...

Jubilee Church to expand to second story

February 7, 2019

Representatives from Jubilee Church once again appeared before the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen last month, this time to request a second-story expansion to the church they are building in an office...

Lindbergh Foundation awards innovative teacher grants

Lindbergh Foundation awards innovative teacher grants

February 6, 2019

The Lindbergh Foundation continued its annual support of original, inventive teaching ideas in January, awarding several Lindbergh educators 2018 Spirit of Lindbergh teacher grants. The foundation funded...

JB Telephone Museum hosts winter exhibit

JB Telephone Museum hosts winter exhibit

February 5, 2019

Kermit, Star Wars, Gumby, Beetle Bailey, Trains, Planes and Automobiles – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum in a special exhibit this winter. The...

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 - This is the Siteman Cancer Research Mammogram van.
©Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.

St. Louis County offers free mammograms

February 5, 2019

Women age 40 and over can get free mammograms today at the Kirkwood Recreation Center, 111 S. Geyer Road, 63122. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 and conclude at 2 p.m. Mammograms are available...

Fitzs opens second location in south county

Fitz’s opens second location in south county

February 3, 2019

St. Louis favorite Fitz’s Root Beer has a new home in south county after the company opened a second location at 5244 S. Lindbergh Blvd. last week. The 220-seat restaurant, dubbed Fitz’s SoCo, is...

Chamber donates $4,400 to BackStoppers

Chamber donates $4,400 to BackStoppers

January 30, 2019

The Crestwood-Sunset Hills Chamber of Commerce donated $4,400 to the BackStoppers at LiUNA Event Center Dec. 18. From left, Andrew Bader presented the check to Kirkwood Fire Chief Jim Silvernail, who...

Mercy Hospital South unveils renovated Kids ER wing

Mercy Hospital South unveils renovated Kids ER wing

January 26, 2019

Photos by Erin Achenbach.  Mercy Hospital South, formerly St. Anthony’s Medical Center, dedicated and blessed their new Mercy Kids ER in a ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 6. The ER opened in October but...

Oakville Elementary kindergarteners do the footy-ta dance in January 2019.

Embracing ‘That Friday Feeling’

January 25, 2019

Heather Mastis’ class at Oakville Elementary embraced #ThatFridayFeeling last week with the ‘Tooty Ta,’ above. This goofy song and dance helps children (and grown-up children like School Resource...

The city of Sunset Hills campus: Sunset Hills Police Department

Sunset Hills seeks a new municipal judge

January 24, 2019

Sunset Hills is looking for a new judge after longtime municipal court Judge Laird Hetlage submitted his resignation to the city in December. Mayor Pat Fribis announced at the Dec. 11 Board of Aldermen...

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