South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Former St. Louis Blues left wing and South County native Pat Maroon celebrates with fans along the Stanley Cup Parade route in downtown St. Louis June 15, 2019.

Take our poll: Will the Stanley Cup come to South County?

June 24, 2019

St. Louis Blues left wing and South County native Pat Maroon celebrates with fans along the parade route in downtown St. Louis Saturday, June 15. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Workers get ready to fill in dirt from Missouri American Water’s water main replacement project near Fatima Drive and Kammerer Avenue in Affton. The project was part of the water utility comany’s plan to replace 224,000 feet of water main this year, approximately 42 miles of the 4,500 miles of main that the company oversees.

Water infrastructure is key to daily life

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 20, 2019

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com In honor of National Infrastructure Week, which was recognized May 13 through May 20, Missouri American Water highlighted a water main...

A drunk driver plowed a car overnight into the wall of this condo, as seen Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Drunk driver crashes car into wall of condo; residents evacuated

June 19, 2019

Some residents are displaced after a drunk driver drove his car into the side of a condo complex near Forder Road overnight. The car, a white 2016 Honda Accord, crashed into the wall at the Forder...

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

Zimmerman will address rising property values at town hall with Trakas, Clancy

June 11, 2019

St. Louis County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas, 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy and county Assessor Jake Zimmerman will host a joint town hall to address rising property assessments in the...

County holds public hearing on changing code for future medical marijuana facilities

County holds public hearing on changing code for future medical marijuana facilities

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 11, 2019

The St. Louis County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing next week to get feedback on how medical marijuana facilities will fit into the county’s zoning, just after application forms for marijuana...

St. Louis Blues players including Oakville native Patrick Maroon, right, and Jordan Binnington visited children at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital around Christmas 2018.

GALLERY: Maroon, Binnington visit children’s hospital just before their streak to Stanley Cup

June 7, 2019

Was The Call the Blues' good luck charm? It probably had more to do with Jordan Binnington and Laura Branigan's "Gloria" than us, but we do know this: The Blues were near the bottom of the league standings...

The intersection of River City Boulevard and Lemay Ferry Road is closed after being submerged by flood waters from the River des Peres Thursday, May 30. The Mississippi River, which backs up into the River des Peres, is expected to crest Saturday, June 8, at nearly 46 feet, about 4 feet lower than the record set in 1993. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Here are all the South County road closures caused by flooding

June 7, 2019

This is a breaking story and will be updated with new developments. St. Louis County and state officials are closing roads across South County due to near-record flooding along the Mississippi River this...

County Executive Sam Page sandbags Tuesday in Bellefontaine Neighbors, with the help of volunteers.

FLOODING: Mississippi River forecast to reach second-highest level; South County residents evacuated

June 7, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mississippi River will crest later than originally expected and at levels lower than the 1993 flood, but some South County residents have...

Bill Miller, right, former chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, exits the Thomas F. Eagleton Court House in downtown St. Louis May 31. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Former St. Louis County Chief of Staff Bill Miller pleads guilty to felony corruption, faces prison time

May 31, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com He called it “the art of staying in power,” but Bill Miller, who served as chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger,...

6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas cracks a smile after County Executive Sam Page gives him the pen used to sign an anti-vaping bill championed by Trakas at Hancock High School May 16, 2019.

Vaping bill is the first bill a county executive ever signed in South County

May 29, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  New County Executive Sam Page may have been the first county executive to ever sign a bill into law in South County this month, as he signed...

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