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

The Call’s General Manager Bill Milligan, left, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination event Feb. 23 in Canton, Missouri, population 2,377. Milligan traveled from South County, population of more than 100,000, which had not had a single mass vaccine event at press time.

Hunt for vaccines sends South County residents across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 16, 2021

Missouri’s vaccine rollout continues to frustrate St. Louis residents who are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as state officials sent mixed messages about whether they would be directing more...

This image released by the state shows testing locations throughout St. Louis County.

UK COVID-19 variant found at high levels in North County; South County tests find low levels

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 10, 2021

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services found high levels of the UK variant of COVID-19 in testing of wastewater at Coldwater Creek in North County this week. So far, the creek is the...

Mercy Hospital South Chief Medical Officer Dr. Aamina Akhtar displays a COVID-19 vaccination card, which states where and when an individual received the COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses administered roughly three weeks apart.

Missouri vaccine allocation model to change to direct more to St. Louis; state won’t see more J&J vaccine for weeks

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent March 5, 2021

The state of Missouri has been told it will not receive another shipment of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine until the last week of March — two weeks after the next tier of eligible residents will be...

A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine for Mercys Chief Medical Officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 workers Dec. 14 and another 20 staffers Dec. 15.

Missouri ranks last in residents vaccinated for COVID-19

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent January 27, 2021

Out of the 50 states, Missouri ranks last in the nation in terms of the percentage of its residents who have received the initial shot of a COVID vaccine.  Only 4 percent of Missouri residents have received...

So you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 — now what?

So you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 — now what?

By Claire Colby, Missouri Information Corps August 11, 2020

As scientists work to understand the novel coronavirus, public health guidance continues to shift with new discoveries. This can make it difficult to know exactly what to do if you’ve been exposed to...

A screenshot from a video posted on Twitter of the parties at Lake of the Ozarks.

In outrage over Lake of the Ozarks parties, St. Louis County and state ask revelers to quarantine

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2020

St. Louis County and the states of Missouri and Kansas have issued travel advisories and quarantine requests for anyone who traveled to the Lake of the Ozarks over Memorial Day weekend and did not socially...

Curbside pickup was open at Helen Fitzgeralds in Sunset Hills March 18.

All Missouri businesses can reopen today with some restrictions, except in St. Louis

By Ashlyn O'Hara, Missouri News Network May 4, 2020

Starting today, all Missouri businesses will be able to reopen with certain restrictions under the first phase of Gov. Mike Parson’s Show Me Strong Recovery Plan, which extends through May 31. But the...

HCI, a former medical marijuana dispensary located in Collinsville, Illinois.

State issues licenses to six marijuana dispensaries for South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 4, 2020

Medical marijuana dispensaries will open later this year after the state approved licenses for 192 statewide, including 66 in the St. Louis region and six in South County. The Missouri Department of Health...

Sunset Hills sets up marijuana laws in advance of state’s approval of dispensaries

Sunset Hills sets up marijuana laws in advance of state’s approval of dispensaries

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 14, 2019

As the state prepares to issue licenses for medical marijuana facilities through the end of the year, Sunset Hills is updating its zoning ordinance in case one wants to set up shop in the city. The city’s...

Judge grants order to keep Missouris last abortion clinic open for now

Judge grants order to keep Missouri’s last abortion clinic open for now

June 12, 2019

A judge in St. Louis city granted a preliminary injunction to Planned Parenthood Monday that allows Missouri’s single remaining abortion clinic to stay open for now. Judge Michael Stelzer did not rule...

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