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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

Annual Fall Sports Preview highlights importance of community newspapers

Annual Fall Sports Preview highlights importance of community newspapers

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 23, 2022

This week, Call Newspapers presents its 33rd annual Fall Sports Preview, a special section that highlights the achievements and upcoming seasons of young athletes from Lindbergh, Oakville and Mehlville...

Marshall Crutcher

Mehlville Board of Education approves balanced ‘22-23 budget

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 15, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education approved a “break-even” 2022-2023 budget June 23.  The 2022-2023 operating loss was initially forecast at $2 million, however the district is using $2 million in...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Mehlville Board of Education eliminates masking positivity threshold

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor August 9, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted last week to eliminate the COVID-19 positivity threshold for masking in school buildings, starting the school year entirely mask-optional for the first time since...

George Hruza and Brett Schenck

Doctor, attorney contend in Republican primary for state Senate District 24

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 20, 2022

Editor's note: This is a developing article. Continue to check back to callnewspapers.com for more.  Sunset Hills will be represented by a different state Senate district in next year’s legislative...

The Kassebaum Building, at the corner of Butler Hill Road and Lemay Ferry.

Planning Commission recommends QuikTrip at Kassebaum site

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 19, 2022

The St. Louis County Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend for approval a 5,300-square-foot QuikTrip convienence store at location of the historic Kassebaum Building.  The commission voted unanimously...

Mehlville Fire Board of Directors review results of employee schedule survey

Mehlville Fire Board of Directors review results of employee schedule survey

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 14, 2022

The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors reviewed the results of an employee survey July 6 about modifying the current employee work schedule.  The district has been discussing the...

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

County Council weighing how to allot remaining pandemic aid

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 12, 2022

The St. Louis County Council Committee of the Whole met via videoconference Saturday to discuss how to best spend the millions of dollars the county received in federal pandemic aid money.  The Committee...

Council passes abortion support resolution

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 6, 2022

The St. Louis County Council voted along party lines June 28 in support of a resolution condemning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Missouri’s abortion ban law that was...

Mehlville Board of Education moves to formally eliminate some Prop S projects

Mehlville Board of Education moves to formally eliminate some Prop S projects

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 5, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education voted unanimously June 23 to formally remove the Mehlville High School stadium restroom renovations and the transportation building renovations from the district’s Proposition...

Board approves nurses MOU with district

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 30, 2022

The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding June 23 between the school district and the Mehlville Health Professionals Association, the bargaining unit for Mehlville...

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