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With the two chairs reserved for Bob and David Glarner empty, County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas says the developers failure to appear at a council Ethics Committee hearing is a flagrant, flagrant violation of the public trust. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

NW Plaza’s owners could get subpoena to testify to Council

July 1, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  The County Council could force the owners of the former Northwest Plaza to testify in front of council members about the county’s lease...

Noemi Ban and her mother Juliska pictured in 1922. Photo courtesy of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle.

Beloved Oakville Elementary teacher had a secret: She had survived the Holocaust

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 27, 2019

Noemi Ban, a beloved Oakville Elementary teacher who later became an internationally renowned speaker about how she survived the Holocaust, died this month. Ban, 96, had lived in the Seattle area since...

Johnny Shys friends gather for a vigil outside the Justice Center in March 2019 after Shys death in the jail.

Fourth jail inmate dies; investigation is ongoing

June 26, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Multiple investigations are ongoing into practices at the St. Louis County Justice Center after another South County man died after going into...

Angry about assessment: Property hike sees residents protesting higher values

Angry about assessment: Property hike sees residents protesting higher values

June 25, 2019

Jake Zimmerman, left, takes questions about this year’s property value reassessments from  residents during a town hall at The Pavilion at Lemay June 20. Residents unhappy with the jump in values include...

Students walk to class during the passing period at Lindbergh High School Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018.

Lindbergh votes for a new food company

June 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools will switch its food vendor next year to a new one. Southwest Food Service Excellence LLC will replace Chartwells as Lindbergh’s...

Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

Metro had record ridership for Blues Stanley Cup parade, with no security incidents

June 20, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Metro St. Louis had a record ridership day and no security incidents Saturday during the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup parade, with an unprecedented...

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

Lindbergh issues $40 million in bonds for bond issue for its new high school

June 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Schools will soon have half of its $105 million bond issue for a new high school in hand after a $40 million bond sale last week. The...

Chris Gaines signs on for another year as superintendent in Mehlville

Chris Gaines signs on for another year as superintendent in Mehlville

June 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  The Mehlville School District has signed Superintendent Chris Gaines on for another year, as the Board of Education unanimously voted to...

Oakville native Pat Maroon (No. 7, right) waves at the crowd of hundreds of thousands under the Arch and down Market Street at the Blues’ Stanley Cup parade Saturday. Maroon’s son Anthony, 10, sits on the shoulders of player Jaden Schwartz, and Oskar Sundqvist (No. 70) is also pictured. The night the Blues won the Cup, Anthony said his father would bring it to Telegraph Road in Oakville.

Blues defeat Bruins 4-1 to take a Stanley Cup victory for the ages

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  In a storybook ending 52 years in the making, the St. Louis Blues won the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup last week, defeating the Boston...

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan OReilly on the airplane home from Boston.

With Blues celebrating historic victory, the Stanley Cup could be headed to South County

June 13, 2019

Oakville native Pat Maroon, left, holds the Stanley Cup alongside MVP Ryan O'Reilly on the airplane home from Boston. The Blues won their first-ever Stanley Cup Wednesday. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The...

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