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South St. Louis County News

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The playground at Spellman Park in Crestwood.

Crestwood aldermen hear plan for parks improvements

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 7, 2021

A final plan to update and improve Crestwood parks was presented to the Board of Aldermen at its meeting Sept. 28. The plan, presented by Gabe Presley of DTLS Architecture, featured a few changes from...

A basketball hoop at Crestwood Park.

Upgrades coming for Crestwood Parks

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter August 27, 2021

Four parks in Crestwood may see large improvements after the Crestwood Board of Aldermen discussed possible updates July 28. Gabe Presley representing DTLS, a St. Louis-based landscape architecture...

Jonathan Williams at the Dec. 8 meeting.

Crestwood hires new police chief, promotes Ramirez to parks director

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 9, 2020

The city of Crestwood has two new department heads after a new police chief and parks and recreation director were unanimously appointed by the Board of Aldermen Tuesday.  Succeeding former Chief of...

Alderman takes issue with Crestwood’s appearance

Alderman takes issue with Crestwood’s appearance

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 6, 2020

Crestwood Ward 4 Alderman Tony Kennedy said at the city’s September Board of Aldermen meeting that he is concerned about the appearance of the city, from fire hydrants to basketball hoops at city parks. At...

The dedication of the Stieren playground in Sunset Hills in 2018.

As winter looms, playground COVID-19 cleaning will continue indefinitely

November 5, 2020

With winter approaching, Crestwood said it will adjust its St. Louis County-mandated playground cleaning to match the weather. The city’s playgrounds opened in mid-August after being officially closed...

Mehlville’s John Cary Early Childhood students Emma Kitchell and Yaneli Juarez-Carrillo check out their playground the first week at school in 2018.

St. Louis County could open playgrounds soon, following cities like Crestwood

By Gloria Lloyd, Staff Reporter September 10, 2020

St. Louis County-owned playgrounds are still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic even after playgrounds in county municipalities like Crestwood have reopened, but that could change in the next week as...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood continuing as normal for now after pandemic, flooding

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 30, 2020

The city of Crestwood has survived a pandemic and a flood in the last year, and so far, city operations are continuing as normal. But some big decisions are still to come on how to balance this year’s...

City agrees to pay for stage to allow Whitecliff Playhouse to stay in park

City agrees to pay for stage to allow Whitecliff Playhouse to stay in park

May 17, 2018

Photo courtesy of the Playhouse Productions Facebook page. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The show will go on at Whitecliff Summer Playhouse for the foreseeable future. Playhouse...

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