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South St. Louis County News

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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...

Mehlville’s John Cary Early Childhood students Emma Kitchell and Yaneli Juarez-Carrillo check out their playground the first week at school in 2018.

Mehlville considers a bond issue in 2020 to continue its Prop P tax

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 29, 2019

The Mehlville School District is exploring the possibility of placing a no-tax-rate-increase ballot measure on the ballot in 2020 for investment in the district’s facilities and operations, in what would...

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...

MFPD Secretary Ed Ryan speaks during a meeting in summer 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Ed Ryan faces a former Mehlville firefighter in re-election bid

March 13, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com In an election that is more low-key than most races for the Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors in recent years, incumbent...

From left to right: 94th District candidates Jim Murphy and Jean Pretto and 95th District candidates Michael ODonnell and Mike Walter at the candidate forum Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at Mehlville High School in St. Louis. Murphy and ODonnell both went on to be elected as representatives of their respective districts.

Murphy, O’Donnell to host first town halls

February 13, 2019

Two new south county state legislators will host a joint town hall this weekend. Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, and Rep. Michael O’Donnell, R-Oakville, will jointly host a town hall from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday,...

A worker places new letters on the front of Mehlville Senior High School as one of the final touches of Proposition P improvements at the school. Prop P was approved by voters in 2000, and was one of the last times Mehlville made a significant investment in its facilties.

Jason Landherr named new Mehlville High School principal

February 11, 2019

Jason Landherr will be the new principal of Mehlville High School beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, succeeding longtime Principal Denise Swanger. The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously...

Mehlville Fire Protection District Capt. Ty Cardona, left, shop steward of Mehlville Local 2665 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, shakes hands with Board of Directors Chairman Aaron Hilmer, signaling a new era of cooperation between the union, the board and district administration.

Mehlville firefighters get the largest raise they’ve had in the last 17 years

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor January 3, 2019

A little more than a year after the firefighters’ union in the Mehlville Fire Protection District pledged to work with the Board of Directors after a dozen years of acrimony, the board and union are...

Pictured above with the jolly fat man are Liam Juelfs, 4, and his mother Sarah. Photo by Bill Milligan.

Mehlville Fire celebrates ‘Santa Saturday’

December 11, 2018

It was all smiles at the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s No. 5 Engine House last week for the fire district’s annual ‘Santa Saturday’ event, in which youngsters could give their wishlists...

Robert, Parker plan to be wed at Cedar Lake Cellars Winery

Robert, Parker plan to be wed at Cedar Lake Cellars Winery

February 4, 2018

Samantha Robert, daughter of Mark and Jan Robert of Sunset Hills, and Travis Parker, son of Ed and Sandy Parker of Oakville, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. Robert, of Mehlville, is...

Lucas Rampani

Donovan, Rampani have boy

January 4, 2018

Liz Donovan and Chris Rampani of Mehlville announce the birth of their first child, Lucas Bryan Rampani, 21 inches, 7 pounds, 15 ounces. He was born Dec. 11 at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital. Elder child...

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