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The campaign committee for Mehlville School District’s Proposition S, Mehlville-Oakville United, hosted a donut drive-thru March 13, 2021, at Mehlville High School, Washington Middle School and Oakville Middle/Wohlwend Elementary. The event featured free donuts, “Yes on S” car painting and committee members dressed in costumes to raise awareness about the bond measure, the district’s first in over 20 years.

Mehlville Prop S makes history: Bond issue will fund secure vestibules

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 28, 2021

History was made in the Mehlville School District April 6 when voters passed the first bond issue on the ballot in the district since the 1990s, Proposition S, with over 80 percent of the vote. Projects...

Seventh District Councilman Mark Harder and 3rd District Councilman Tim Fitch at a May 2019 meeting.

Boards weigh return to meeting in person

By Erin Achenbach and Gloria Lloyd April 27, 2021

With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming more and more available, the St. Louis County Council and most South County municipalities are eyeing a possible return in late spring or summer to in-person meetings. The...

Matt Farwig

Farwig settles in as Green Park alderman

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 14, 2021

Most of the incumbents on the Green Park Board of Aldermen ran unopposed in the election April 6, including Ward 2 Alderman Matthew Farwig, who was elected to his second term unopposed. As a newcomer,...

PHOTOS: Mass site opens in South County

April 13, 2021

St. Louis County held its first mass vaccination event in South County Saturday, April 3, at South Technical High School in Sunset Hills. Around 2,340 vaccine doses were administered at the event, with...

Jesse Morrison

New Crestwood Ward 1 Alderman Jesse Morrison is eager to take his seat

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 8, 2021

Crestwood will welcome new Ward 1 and Ward 4 aldermen after the election Tuesday, including longtime Public Works Board member Jesse Morrison, who ran unopposed for a three-year term representing Ward...

The sign at Scott Credit Union in Crestwood along Watson Road.

Crestwood rewrites its zoning code; makes changes to zoning citywide, but especially along Watson Road

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 7, 2021

Crestwood has a new zoning code approved by the Board of Aldermen earlier this year that changes how the city handles zoning issues. Aldermen unanimously passed the revamped zoning code Jan. 12, the culmination...

Inside the Joseph Sappington House.

Crestwood signs letter of intent to move historic log cabin

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 6, 2021

Plans to move a historic log cabin from Affton to Crestwood moved ahead as the Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved a letter of intent for the $200,000 relocation plan at a special meeting last week. The...

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting had some special guests in 2019, when the city presented St. Louis Blues mascot Louie and Bob Plager, one of the franchise’s first players, with a proclamation honoring the Blues and their Stanley Cup-winning season. ‘The whole city of Crestwood was pulling for you, the whole St. Louis region was pulling for you,’ said Mayor Grant Mabie, above left, as he presentedLouie and Plager with a copy of the proclamation at the Aug. 27 meeting.

PHOTOS: Remembering Bob Plager’s 2019 visit to South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 2, 2021

St. Louisans are recalling decades of fond memories after St. Louis Blues hockey legend Bob Plager, 78, died last week. Plager died Wednesday, March 24, when his vehicle collided with another vehicle...

Captiva Healing Dispensary, 9933 Watson Road in Crestwood, appears set to be the first dispensary to open in South County, with its website promoting a grand opening April 8. As of Thursday, April 1, the dispensary appeared to be open for a soft opening.

Marijuana dispensaries are opening soon in South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 1, 2021

The first medical marijuana dispensaries in South County are racing to open this month just in time for 4/20. Crestwood’s Captiva Healing Dispensary, 9933 Watson Road, appears set to be the first dispensary...

In this black-and-white photo submitted in the 1980s to the National Register of Historic Places, the kitchen in Joseph Sappingtons cabin in Affton is visible through a pass-through.

Crestwood approves letter of intent to look into moving historic cabin to Sappington House

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 31, 2021

Plans to move a historic log cabin from Affton to Crestwood moved ahead as the Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved a letter of intent for the $200,000 relocation plan at a special meeting Tuesday. The...

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