South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith, left, talks to St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jacob Barker after the ethics town hall Monday at Kol Rinah in University City. Barker was mentioned in Goldsmiths indictment of former County Executive Steve Stenger, as Stenger tried to dodge Barkers questions about a phony contract that formed the crux of the case against Stenger. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Hal Goldsmith speaks: The man who brought down Stenger talks ethics and how public can fight corruption

September 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Hal Goldsmith has 1 p.m. this Saturday marked on his calendar. That’s when former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger reports to prison...

Youth sports complex ‘PowerPlex’ will open in St. Louis Mills

Youth sports complex ‘PowerPlex’ will open in St. Louis Mills

August 21, 2019

The St. Louis region could be home to a one-of-its-kind $63 million youth sports mecca as soon as next year, with a developer closing this month on the former St. Louis Mills mall and transforming it to...

Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, center, listens to members of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership board testify in 2019 along with 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, left, and 7th District Councilman Mark Harder.

Northwest Plaza owners sue county over subpoenas forcing them to testify

July 31, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The owners of county offices at Northwest Plaza have filed a lawsuit challenging subpoenas issued by the County Council demanding that they...

Black Jack Mayor Norm McCourt, who works in the county clerks office, transports the four boxes filled with an estimated 7,000 pages of documents from the Glarner brothers about the countys Northwest Plaza lease to the countys vault for storage after an Ethics Committee hearing June 25. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Council subpoenas Northwest owners, who must testify Aug. 6

July 31, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  For what is likely the first time in St. Louis County history, the County Council has ordered private citizens to testify to the council...

Rainbow flags lined the walkway between the county Government Center in Clayton and the courthouse in June. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

St. Louis County celebrates Pride Month like never before

July 11, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County emphasized gay pride much more than it ever has before for Pride Month in June, lining the Government Center with rainbow...

Hearings set on senior housing, storage, RV plans

Hearings set on senior housing, storage, RV plans

July 11, 2019

The St. Louis County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday, July 15, on several potential developments in South County, including a senior-housing facility, regulations on storage facilities...

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

Fitch, Harder hold town hall in West County with Zimmerman on property assessments

June 24, 2019

St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman is appearing at a series of town halls with County Council members to address rising property assessments in the county. After the first event last week in Lemay,...

St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman speaks at the Oakville Democrats ODO Fest in October 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Zimmerman will appear at series of town halls on rising property values, starting today

June 20, 2019

Starting today, St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman is going to appear at a series of town halls with County Council members to address rising property assessments in the county. The first town hall...

6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas cracks a smile after being named presiding officer of the St. Louis County Council May 15 in Clayton, after former 5th District Councilman Sam Pages ascent to county executive and 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby leaving to work for Page left the council without a chair or vice chair. Trakas will oversee council meetings until January 2020, when a new chair and vice chair will be named. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Republicans take majority on council, elect Trakas as chair

May 22, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor  glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Under the continuing fallout from the downfall of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, Republicans gained the majority on the...

After the emergency County Council meeting to select County Executive Sam Page, then the council chair, 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, talked to reporters about problems she saw in the selection process.

Contentious emergency meeting ends with Page as county executive

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 3, 2019

Even as new St. Louis County Executive Sam Page pledged to unify county government after the swift downfall of former County Executive Steve Stenger this week, the contentious emergency meeting and process...

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