South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Crestwood would face $3.5 million shortfall to fund current services under a merger

Crestwood would face $3.5 million shortfall to fund current services under a merger

February 14, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A preliminary analysis by the city of Crestwood indicates that under Better Together’s proposal for one St. Louis metro city, Crestwood...

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...

Our Call: ‘Better together.’ If Sedalia and Springfield say it’s so

Our Call: ‘Better together.’ If Sedalia and Springfield say it’s so

January 16, 2019

Editorial  You’ll soon witness unprecedented cooperation between residents of St. Louis County and St. Louis city. And no, it won’t be in the mega-city proposed by Better Together — at least not...

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