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Members of the Lindbergh High School Class of 2020 graduate in masks at an outdoor drive-in graduation at the PowerPlex in Hazelwood in June 2020.

Lindbergh High School moves to four days a week in person

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 27, 2021

Lindbergh High School students will begin to attend in-person class four days a week instead of the current two days a week of in-person learning with three days of virtual learning. Superintendent Tony...

Superintendent Chris Gaines asks supporters at a 2015 rally for Prop R to help him get out the vote so that he can hire reading coaches and keep experienced teachers in the district. Behind him are the Mehlville High School Pantherettes and the Oakville High School Golden Girls.

Voters to weigh in on Mehlville’s first bond issue since 1992

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 26, 2021

Voters in the Mehlville School District will decide in April whether or not to pass the district’s first facilities bond issue since 1992. The Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously last week...

Suntrup Volkswagen, 6000 S. Lindbergh Blvd., Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

Suntrup Volkswagen could see an expansion, pending a lighting plan

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 23, 2021

The Suntrup Volkswagen dealership on Lindbergh Boulevard could expand after the Green Park Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a final development plan Sept. 21 for two additions, pending a lighting...

Mehlville voters will consider first bond issue since 1992, Proposition S on April ballot

Mehlville voters will consider first bond issue since 1992, ‘Proposition S’ on April ballot

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 22, 2021

Voters in the Mehlville School District will vote on the district’s first facilities bond issue since 1992 after the Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday night to place a 12-cent no-tax-rate-increase...

Mehlville Fire renews insurance with 37-percent hike and higher deductibles

Mehlville Fire renews insurance with 37-percent hike and higher deductibles

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 21, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District renewed its health insurance contract with United Healthcare this year, but employees seeing higher deductibles will get assistance from the district. The Board...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

Mehlville elementary students will attend in-person class five days a week

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 8, 2021

In a few weeks some Mehlville School District students will attend in-person class for five days a week for the first time since last March, when school districts first closed due to COVID-19. On Friday,...

MFPD will get a new ladder system and safety climb in tower for No. 7

MFPD will get a new ladder system and safety climb in tower for No. 7

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 5, 2021

The Mehlville Fire Protection District will be installing a new safety climb and ladder system at its training tower near Engine House No. 7. At the Nov. 18 meeting, the MFPD Board of Directors unanimously...

A Rogers Elementary student is ready to learn on the first day of class in Fall 2020.

Mehlville ties student COVID cases to out-of-school activity

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 4, 2021

Some Mehlville School District officials believe out-of-school activities may be why they are seeing more positive COVID-19 cases in the district’s more affluent schools. At the Dec. 17 Board of Education...

Zinzer Court and Vicksburg Circle in Grantwood Village.

Grantwood Village residents take on speed

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 23, 2020

Some residents in Grantwood Village are asking the village to do more to address drivers they say are speeding on Zinzer Court and Vicksburg Circle. During villagers’ comments at the Board of Trustees...

The MFPD paramedic unit poses in front of their ambulance.

Mehlville Fire District will get a new ambulance, saving money with St. Charles County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 18, 2020

The Mehlville Fire Protection District will be adding a new ambulance to its fleet after the Board of Directors, comprised of Treasurer Bonnie Stegman, Secretary Ed Ryan and Chairman Aaron Hilmer, unanimously...

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