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South St. Louis County News

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Rep. David Gregory and Rep. Jim Murphy speak to South County students honored at the state capitol with the Glory of Missouri award last week.

Days before city-county merger withdrawn, Missouri House overwhelmingly approved resolution for local vote

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 9, 2019

A resolution that would require that any merger of St. Louis County and city be approved by a local vote was approved by the Missouri House last week, just ahead of the decision by backers of the proposed...

Gov. Mike Parson, above, hosted the largest crowd in his office so far to see him sign a bill renaming Lindbergh for the late Rep. Cloria Brown.

Governor signs bill naming Lindbergh ‘Rep. Cloria Brown Memorial Highway’

April 10, 2019

Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill renaming a South County highway after the late Rep. Cloria Brown last month in a ceremony that brought together Brown’s family with dozens of her colleagues in the Missouri...

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February 2019 trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Officer Blake Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Bell, Belmar will appear at Oakville town hall

March 26, 2019

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for...

Pictured above: Rep. Michael ODonnell, Rep. Jim Murphy and Rep. David Gregory present Mehlville Superintendent Dr. Chris Gaines with a House resolution praising Mehlvilles 2018 APR scores.

Local lawmakers honor test success by Mehlville School District, Gaines

March 19, 2019

The Mehlville School District is receiving high praise from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. DESE awarded the Mehlville School District an APR score of 99.6 percent on its...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

Missouri House passes the ‘strongest pro-life bill’ in United States

March 6, 2019

By Blythe Nebeker and Abigail Shaw  Columbia Missourian The “strongest pro-life bill” in the country, as many Republicans are calling it, received final approval from the Missouri House last week...

The room of Municipal League mayors votes to set up a Board of Freeholders in St. Louis County at Chesterfield City Hall Jan. 24. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Grassroots opposition rallies against merger

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 14, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Lines are being drawn in the battle for and against a St. Louis city-county merger, or the “creation of a new city,” depending on how you...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

Sunshine Law change is a ‘crisis to access’

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 13, 2019

with Ian Nickens, Gaelle Fournier and Kelsey Wu of the Columbia Missourian Missouri House members approved changes in the state Sunshine Law last week that would make communications between public officials...

Rep. David Gregory addresses the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in July 2018.

Legislators exempt themselves from Sunshine Law

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 29, 2019

The first official vote of the 100th General Assembly was for legislators to nullify part of a new Missouri Constitutional amendment passed by voters in November, Clean Missouri. Legislators govern...

Cloria Brown

VIDEO: Lindbergh Boulevard could be designated ‘Cloria Brown Memorial Highway’

January 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The first bill likely to be approved by Missouri’s 100th General Assembly is legislation that would rename part of South Lindbergh...

Roughly 20 members of south county Republican groups waved signs in a show of support for 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville, at the intersection of South Lindbergh Boulevard and Tesson Ferry Road in 2017. Trakas himself made an appearance at the event with signs against a city-county merger. The councilman is pictured alongside supporter Paul Alvino of Oakville, right. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Better Together plans a city-county merger

January 17, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com From its start five years ago, the nonprofit organization Better Together said that despite its name, it didn’t necessarily support a city-county...

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