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St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Anti-trans sports bills will do more harm than good

Anti-trans sports bills will do more harm than good

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor April 29, 2022

Missouri is one of 25 states with legislation under consideration that would ban transgender youth from sports, and just last week the Missouri House approved a provision to a bill that would do just...

Our Call: The press is (still) not the enemy

Our Call: The press is (still) not the enemy

December 7, 2021

A report released earlier this month showed that Gov. Mike Parson’s administration had received a study with data that showed counties and jurisdictions in Missouri that implemented mask mandates fared...

Banning books takes away from growth and learning

Banning books takes away from growth and learning

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor November 26, 2021

Lately, some Board of Education meetings are scenes straight out of “Fahrenheit 451.” At both Lindbergh and Mehlville, parents are demanding that books they’ve deemed offensive be taken off the...

Our Call: The press is not the enemy

Our Call: The press is not the enemy

October 25, 2021

It’s old news now that up until just a few weeks ago, the Social Security numbers of thousands of Missouri teachers were accessible to anyone who knew how to view a website’s source code.  A reporter...

Our Call: Will of the people or not, Koenig says just get a job

Our Call: Will of the people or not, Koenig says just get a job

June 11, 2021

As Ronald Reagan once said, “There you go again.” The Republicans in our esteemed Missouri Legislature are at it again, disregarding the will of the people who voted for Medicaid expansion in the...

Our Call: Preserving historic cabin has a value beyond money

Our Call: Preserving historic cabin has a value beyond money

June 3, 2021

Crestwood city officials have a once-in-a-lifetime decision to make next week: Whether or not to pay to move a 200-year-old log cabin from Affton to the city-owned Sappington House in Crestwood, doubling...

Our Call: Trakas’ idea for town halls is a rare winner in Clayton

Our Call: Trakas’ idea for town halls is a rare winner in Clayton

May 6, 2021

Sometimes things never change in county government. In fact, more often than not, that is exactly what happens — the more things change in Clayton, the more they stay the same. And that’s how it’s...

Our Call: Tale of three cities and a county on jail cooperation   

Our Call: Tale of three cities and a county on jail cooperation   

April 29, 2021

South County saw two proposals for crossjurisdictional law enforcement cooperation last week, and one shows what to do while the other is a textbook example of what not to do. Crestwood and Sunset Hills...

Post-celebration, focus of Prop S turns to accountability

Post-celebration, focus of Prop S turns to accountability

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 15, 2021

Once more, the Mehlville School District  passed a historic ballot measure last week: Proposition S, a $35 million, 12-cent no-tax-rate-increase bond issue, was approved with over 80 percent of the vote. It’s...

Remote meetings are good and bad; let’s keep the good 

Remote meetings are good and bad; let’s keep the good 

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 8, 2021

Like everywhere else, it’s been a unique year in the history of the Sunshine Law in South County, with the county and cities holding meetings by videoconferencing. The only government entity in South...

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