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South St. Louis County News

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St. Louis County hires new auditor

St. Louis County hires new auditor

November 10, 2021

St. Louis County's new auditor started Monday after the county's former auditor was fired in September. Toni Jackson, whose first day with the county was Nov. 8, took over the role from Mark Tucker,...

Sen. Scott Sifton speaks at the unveiling of the sign for Cloria Brown Memorial Highway on South Lindbergh Boulevard in South County Oct. 17, 2019. Dignitaries speaking about Brown at the event included Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Sifton, D-Affton, and Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, Brown’s successor in the Legislature who introduced the legislation during the 2019 General Assembly to dedicate a portion of Lindbergh Boulevard in her honor.

Scott Sifton announces 2022 run for U.S. Senate, challenging Roy Blunt

February 8, 2021

Former Missouri Sen. Scott Sifton announced his bid Monday for the U.S. Senate in 2022, challenging U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. A former Affton school board member, Missouri state representative and senator representing...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Hospitals near capacity as virus surging locally and across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 16, 2020

St. Louis health leaders appealed to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate and stay-at-home advisory as a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms hospitals including Mercy Hospital South,...

Gov. Mike Parson speaks during an Oct. 27, 2020, campaign stop in Columbia. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)

Mike Parson defeats Nicole Galloway in race for Missouri governor

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent November 4, 2020

Republican Mike Parson has secured a full four-year term as Missouri’s governor, scoring victory Tuesday night over his Democratic challenger Nicole Galloway. Parson, 65, led Galloway, 38, by more...

Gov. Mike Parson enters the stage, passing State Auditor Nicole Galloway before the Missouri gubernatorial debate at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 (Robert Cohen for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Video: Watch the only debate between candidates for Missouri governor

October 30, 2020

The Missouri Press Association/KOMU-8 2020 Gubernatorial Forum took place Friday, Oct. 9, at the Missouri Theatre. The forum was broadcast and livestreamed across Missouri and nationally on CSPAN. The...

Gov. Mike Parson enters the stage, passing State Auditor Nicole Galloway before the Missouri gubernatorial debate at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 (Robert Cohen for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Parson, Galloway spar on COVID, policing, health care in debate

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 22, 2020

In what will likely be the only in-person debate among the four candidates for Missouri governor, Gov. Mike Parson and state Auditor Nicole Galloway sparred over COVID-19, budget priorities and policing...

Gov. Mike Parson posted this photo to his Twitter account July 11 showing him attending a crowded barbecue in Sedalia with no social distancing or masks.

Missouri governor, wife test positive for COVID-19

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 23, 2020

Gov. Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday. Parson's office said Teresa Parson was tested this morning "out of an abundance of caution" and after displaying...

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announces that she will perform an audit of St. Louis County at the St. Louis County Library headquarters May 15, 2019, after the County Council voted unanimously to approve an audit May 7. Former County Executive Steve Stenger requested an audit of the county two years ago, but then-council Chairman Sam Page, now the county executive, declined.

State audit finds Stenger enabled by council, county auditor, Charter

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 22, 2020

Poor oversight by the County Council, an auditor who doesn’t audit and a county Charter that tilts the balance of power in St. Louis County to the county executive all contributed to the lack of oversight...

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.

‘Stay home, Missourians’: Parson issues statewide stay-at-home order

April 4, 2020

Missouri Gov, Mike Parson issued a statewide stay-at-home order Friday, but he’s leaving the details of what business are essential and non-essential to local governments. The directive came weeks...

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