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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Joe Biden at a drive-in campaign rally at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida Oct. 29, 2020, 12 years after he came to South County for a campaign rally.

Remembering the time Joe Biden came to South County

By Burke Wasson, Staff Reporter January 20, 2021

With current civic life pretty much at a standstill, The Call has been taking a look back over the last few months at past events that impacted residents of South County. In 2008, then-U.S. Senator Joe...

Call chronicles a decade of Most Misguided Quotes

Call chronicles a decade of Most Misguided Quotes

January 18, 2018

"Call the Tune" by Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com It’s hard to believe, but 10 years ago the Call published its first column of Most Misguided Quotes chronicling the...

Call serves up the year’s Most Misguided Quotes

December 29, 2010
Former Call staffer Burke Wasson a few years back began selecting gems uttered by elected officials and others throughout the course of a year and called them the Most Misguided Quotes of the Year.
Officials have no shortage of Misguided Quotes in 2009

Officials have no shortage of Misguided Quotes in 2009

January 5, 2010
Byline: A few years back, former Call staffer Burke Wasson started a tradition in which he selected the Most Misguided Quotes of the Year.
Most Misguided Quotes punctuate quite an ’08

Most Misguided Quotes punctuate quite an ’08

January 12, 2009
Byline: Accuracy is at the root of what we at the Call work to provide our readers.

Fred Weber Inc. subsidiaries contribute nearly $2,000 to Stenger

By Burke Wasson, Staff Reporter October 29, 2008

Three subsidiaries of a company that for years has tried to construct a trash-transfer station in Oakville over the objection of nearby residents have contributed nearly $2,000 to 6th District County Council...

Mehlville officials say criticism of Biden rally unfounded

By Burke Wasson, Staff Reporter September 24, 2008

In response to criticism last week, Mehlville School District officials insist no district policies were violated when Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Biden visited Mehlville Senior High School on Sept. 9 to...

McCain ‘a good friend,’ but the wrong man for president, Biden says

By Burke Wasson, Staff Reporter September 17, 2008

In a fiery speech to a largely pro-union crowd last week at Mehlville Senior High School, Democratic vice presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden kept coming back to the same message — Republican U.S. Sen....

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