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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Mehlville Fire approves preliminary tax rates after 9.5-percent hike for assessments

Mehlville Fire approves preliminary tax rates after 9.5-percent hike for assessments

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 13, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors has unanimously approved preliminary tax rates for this year that likely equate to the lowest rates in the county. At the April 7 meeting, Chief...

The Tidal Wave Express Car Wash,  5677 S Lindbergh Blvd.

New ‘wave’ of car wash debuts along Lindbergh

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 11, 2021

Two new Tidal Wave car washes have opened on Lindbergh Boulevard, one in Concord Village and the other in Sunset Hills, and another could be on the way in Concord. Tidal Wave Luxury Wash, a car wash...

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

Mehlville students are all back in school for five days in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 11, 2021

A lower COVID-19 transmission rate in the St. Louis region and declining case averages have paved the way for Mehlville School District students to attend class five days a week in person, and with more...

Agreement for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood hits roadblock

Agreement for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood hits roadblock

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 6, 2021

Crestwood and Sunset Hills may be sister cities, but the cities’ aldermen had opposite reactions to a proposal for Sunset Hills to provide 911 dispatching for Crestwood. The Crestwood Board of Aldermen...

A rendering of the front entry of The Residences at Tesson Ridge proposed apartment complex.

MetLife site neighbors turn out for a town hall

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 5, 2021

Traffic concerns dominated the questions at a town hall last week held about a proposed mixed-use redevelopment plan called “Tesson Ridge” at the 100-acre former MetLife campus in Concord. The in-person...

Mehlville Board of Education member Jean Pretto and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher discuss the 2020 budget during a meeting June 5, 2019 at Mehlville High School.

Mehlville’s Prop S yields $3M more in ‘bond premium’

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 30, 2021

The Mehlville School District could be receiving more money from its Proposition S bond issue than it had originally bargained for due to lower interest rates, giving the district a chancse to address...

A large chemical fire, as seen from the new Tower Tee under construction.

Large chemical fire leads to evacuations in Affton

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 29, 2021

Residents in Affton were evacuated from an area around a chemical plant along Heege Road Thursday afternoon after reports of explosions and a heavy fire around the plant. The fire is at Manor Chemical...

In this December 1979 black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places, the view of the house is seen from the southeast.

Study will review Sappington cabin’s move

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 29, 2021

A 200-year-old cabin is one step closer to possibly making the move to Crestwood after the Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance last week for an engineering firm to study what it would require to transport...

Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Director Treasurer Bonnie Stegman, left, with Rep. Jim Murphy at the state-run Johnson and Johnson mass vaccination clinic at Bernard Middle School April 3.

Murphy is keeping busy in the Legislature

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 28, 2021

Rep. Jim Murphy has had a busy legislative session in 2021 working on state oversight on public-health orders and setting up a mass vaccination event while also conducting a series of food drives in South...

From left, Ward 2 Alderman Christine Lieber, Ward 3 Alderman Randy Epperson and Ward 4 Alderman Fred Daues.

Three of the eight Sunset Hills aldermen are new

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 28, 2021

Sunset Hills welcomes three new aldermen to the eight-member board this week following April elections. The incoming aldermen are new to public service, but they are all longtime residents of Sunset Hills. Christine...

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