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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

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Gregory, Harder running for state senate

Gregory, Harder running for state senate

February 3, 2023

Former 96th District Rep. David Gregory, R-Sunset Hills, and St. Louis County Councilman Mark Harder of Ballwin have announced their plans to run for the Missouri Senate District 15 seat in the August...

Rita Days

County Council reelects Days as chair

January 26, 2022

The St. Louis County Council voted last week to elect 1st District Councilwoman Rita Heard Days as council chair.  The council voted 6-1 in its first meeting of 2022 Jan. 4 to reelect Days as council...

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

Fitch and Harder introduce legislation to crack down on catalytic converter thefts

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor December 10, 2021

Two St. Louis County Council members have proposed legislation to curb thefts from vehicles in residential areas.  At County Council meetings in November, 3rd District County Councilman Tim Fitch,...

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

County sues four council members over chair, leadership vote

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 18, 2021

This is a breaking news story. Check back to callnewspapers.com for more in-depth coverage.  St. Louis County is suing itself again. County lawyers, representing two council members, filed a lawsuit...

Councilman Ernie Trakas angrily objects to Councilman Tim Fitchs attempt to elect a new chair and vice chair at the videoconferenced council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Trakas was attending from home.

St. Louis County Council clashes over chair, vice chair, as four members call special meeting today

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 15, 2021

A bipartisan coalition of four members of the St. Louis County Council are calling a special meeting of the council today to elect a new chair and vice chair for 2021 — something the three other members...

Lindbergh football senior Nick Roth, right, carries the ball during a Flyers’ victory against Parkway South during the 2018 football season at Lindbergh. The Flyers topped the Patriots 43-12 on Lindbergh’s 2018 senior night, as  senior football players, band members, Flyerettes and cheerleaders were honored for their four years of Friday night contributions.

Districts weigh what do do on fall sports; Trakas slammed, but says he’ll rein in Page

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 22, 2020

St. Louis County school districts, including Mehlville and Lindbergh, are weighing whether to postpone fall sports to the spring as parents protest the county’s sports restrictions aimed at preventing...

The rain-delayed matchup between Lindbergh High School and Mehlville High School Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, had all the ingredients of a state playoff game, despite being the first week of the 2019 season. Mehlville fell to Lindbergh 17-10. Photo by Bill Milligan.

St. Louis County school districts, including Mehlville and Lindbergh, weigh whether to postpone fall sports as parents protest

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 15, 2020

St. Louis County school districts, including Mehlville and Lindbergh, are weighing whether to postpone fall sports to the spring as parents protest the county’s sports restrictions aimed at preventing...

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

GOP council members seek to limit county executive’s authority to issue stay-at-home orders

July 21, 2020

Republican County Council members are seeking to restrict the power of the county executive to issue stay-at-home and public health orders without the consent of the County Council. Two of the three...

Sixth District St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas, the councils presiding officer at the time, listens to public comment from mothers of St. Louis County policemen at a 2019 council meeting.

Republicans call for in-person St. Louis County Council meetings

June 27, 2020

The Republican members of the St. Louis County Council are asking that county government start holding in-person meetings again. The County Council has observed the Department of Public Health’s COVID-19...

St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Lisa Clancy, D-Affton, reacts as her preferred full appropriation of coronavirus funding fails to move forward as she chairs the council meeting April 21.

County officials divided on how to spend $175 million in COVID-19 funds

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 28, 2020

With $175 million in hand in federal stimulus money for the coronavirus response,  St. Louis county government is deeply divided over how to decide how to spend it. The federal government sent the money...

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