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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, center, listens to members of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership board testify in 2019 along with 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, left, and 7th District Councilman Mark Harder.

County Council will continue to fight for federal subpoena

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 1, 2019

Denied access to the federal subpoena served on the county, the County Council will continue fighting to see the document. In its first meeting since news broke last week about a federal subpoena served...

County Counselor Peter Krane responds to a question from County Council members at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

County Council members disagree on implications of proposed county Charter amendment

March 28, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Some members of the St. Louis County Council believe they could get better legal representation if county voters approve an amendment to...

St. Louis city Mayor Lyda Krewson, left, listens to former County Executive Steve Stenger say he supports transformative change for the region at the Better Together rollout. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Better Together changes after Stenger subpoena: ‘Metro Mayor’ elected in 2022, not 2024

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 26, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A day after County Executive Steve Stenger, the choice for the St. Louis city-county merger’s “Metro Mayor,” said he was issued a federal...

Former County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to then council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Page became county executive April 19, after Stenger resigned from the position and pled guilty to federal corruption charges. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Stenger’s office served with a federal subpoena; says he’ll cooperate

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 25, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to St. Louis County targeting St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and the relationship between...

In this screenshot from Brock Schmittlers Facebook Live video of the vigil for Oakville resident Johnny Shy, friends and family gather with signs and candles to remember their friend.

Friends and family want answers in death of Oakville man in county jail

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 8, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Council and the friends and family of an Oakville man who died in the county jail want answers after a series of inmate...

County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Stenger balks at legal bills from County Council’s outside lawyer

February 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The outside attorney for the St. Louis County Council wants taxpayers to fund legal bills for its lawsuits, but County Executive Steve Stenger...

Affton resident honored for 25 years promoting public transit

Affton resident honored for 25 years promoting public transit

February 16, 2019

An Affton resident is being honored for 25 years of working to advance public transit in St. Louis. Kimberly Cella, executive director of Citizens for Modern Transit, or CMT, has been honored for 25...

Steve Stenger, standing alongside his wife and children, is sworn in as the St. Louis County Executive by Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Stenger won re-election for county executive for a second term in the November 2018 election. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Stenger would be city-county ‘metro mayor’ through 2025

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 6, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewpapers.com Steve Stenger has been a lot of things in life: Affton native. Rock singer. Certified public accountant. Criminal defense attorney. Municipal...

Above, some of the chief backers of the Better Together movement for one St. Louis and a city-county merger talk about the plan at its rollout at the Cheshire Inn Jan. 28, 2019, including, from left to right, Better Together Deputy Director of Community-Based Studies Marius Johnson-Malone, former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, who led the campaign for a 2020 statewide vote on the merger. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Better Together releases its plan for one St. Louis with city-county merger

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 28, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com If voters across Missouri agree, all of St. Louis County and city could be consolidated by 2022 into one large “metro city” under a single...

Roughly 20 members of south county Republican groups waved signs in a show of support for 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville, at the intersection of South Lindbergh Boulevard and Tesson Ferry Road in 2017. Trakas himself made an appearance at the event with signs against a city-county merger. The councilman is pictured alongside supporter Paul Alvino of Oakville, right. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Better Together plans a city-county merger

January 17, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com From its start five years ago, the nonprofit organization Better Together said that despite its name, it didn’t necessarily support a city-county...

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