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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

New Crestwood municipal judge is city resident who serves as a county prosecutor

May 24, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Crestwood’s new municipal judge is St. Louis County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jason Denney, a Crestwood resident. Longtime Crestwood...

City agrees to pay for stage to allow Whitecliff Playhouse to stay in park

City agrees to pay for stage to allow Whitecliff Playhouse to stay in park

May 17, 2018

Photo courtesy of the Playhouse Productions Facebook page. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The show will go on at Whitecliff Summer Playhouse for the foreseeable future. Playhouse...

Elected officials take office in south county

May 5, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com As of last week, all the new officials set to take office after the April 3 election have been sworn in. New on the job are Mehlville...

Call continues tradition of our post-election awards

April 12, 2018

Editorial by the Call The Call started a new tradition last year of bestowing Post-Election Awards, but a tradition can’t really become a tradition unless it’s done more than once, can it? So this...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood seeks to revamp zoning codes

April 5, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com The city of Crestwood hired a familiar company last week to take the lead on rewriting the city zoning code, a project also currently underway...

Boston looking to unseat Mabie in Crestwood Ward 3 aldermanic election

Boston looking to unseat Mabie in Crestwood Ward 3 aldermanic election

March 10, 2018

By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com A former Crestwood Ward 3 alderman is looking to unseat incumbent Alderman Grant Mabie in the April 3 election. Bill Boston, who defeated...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood official laments lack of activity at mall site

March 9, 2018

By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com A Crestwood alderman last week lamented the lack of progress on the redevelopment of the former Crestwood Plaza and wondered if mall owner...

The demolished Crestwood Plaza property in 2017.

School board member pushes for changes to state’s TIF law

March 2, 2018

By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com Lindbergh Board of Education Treasurer Mike Tsichlis is pushing hard for state legislation that would allow school districts and other taxing...

Roughly 100 people participated in a rally last week to implore the Board of Aldermen to reconcile their differences and unite their efforts toward redevelopment of Crestwood Court, according to a news release. Participants carried signs calling for city officials to Remove the Pall Over the Mall and Stop the Stall and move forward with redevelopment. The rally was organized by Metropolitan Congregations United and city residents. Gloria Lloyd photo.

Crestwood mayor says city officials know no more about mall’s status than citizens

February 23, 2018

By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com Crestwood Mayor Gregg Roby said last week that it would be “inappropriate” to comment about the redevelopment of the former Crestwood...

Officials make correct call in delaying board meeting

February 1, 2018

"Call the Tune" by Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com It’s no secret that we believe transparency in the city of Crestwood has taken a huge hit under City Attorney Lisa Stump...

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