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A rendering of the Bass Pro Shops in Sunset Hills.

Sunset Hills Bass Pro eyes May opening

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor April 27, 2023

The Bass Pro Shops in Sunset Hills, 3600 S. Lindbergh Blvd, is putting the finishing touches on its new store ahead of its grand opening sometime in May. Bass Pro announced in August 2021 that it would...

St. Johns Evangelical United Church of Christ, 11333 St. Johns Church Road in Green Park, is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony March 5, 2023, for Logan’s Community Playground, an accessible and inclusive playground in memory of a late member of the church who died in 2021. The playground will be constructed by Unlimited Play, a nonprofit based in St. Peters that builds accessible playgrounds across the country. The playground will be open for the entire community to use once it is completed.

Church hosting ceremony to break ground on memorial community playground

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor March 1, 2023

St. Johns Evangelical United Church of Christ is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday for “Logan’s Community Playground”, an accessible and inclusive playground in honor of a late member of the...

PHOTOS: Arnold church hosts Wreaths Across America event

December 21, 2022

St. John's Lutheran Church in Arnold held an inaugural Wreaths Across America event Dec. 17, joining 3,700 participating locations across the county. This year is Wreaths Across America's 175th anniversary. There...

Call readers have snow much fun in last week’s winter weather

February 9, 2022

While most of the snow has already melted, you can still reminisce on last week's winter wonderland with these photos submitted by Call readers! Snowfall totals across the St. Louis area between Feb....

Bernard Middle holds Patriot Day BBQ for first responders

September 10, 2021

The Bernard Middle School Student Council held its annual Patriot Day BBQ in honor of first responders Friday, Sept. 10, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Up on the Forder roof

Up on the Forder roof

June 28, 2021

Forder Elementary students enjoyed a rooftop reading session before the end of school as promised by Principal Whitney Maus, who read with a bullhorn from the school’s roof as a reward for the students’...

GALLERY: Making the makerspace

May 3, 2021

Kennerly Elementary has a new makerspace as of the start of this year, with help from the Lindbergh Foundation. To date this school year, the foundation has awarded $14,903.58 to Lindbergh teachers and...

PHOTOS: Mass site opens in South County

April 13, 2021

St. Louis County held its first mass vaccination event in South County Saturday, April 3, at South Technical High School in Sunset Hills. Around 2,340 vaccine doses were administered at the event, with...

A Lindbergh teacher receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the March 30 clinic.

Teachers at Lindbergh receive vaccine

April 6, 2021

More than 450 St. Louis area school employees were vaccinated at Lindbergh Schools Central Office last week, as the district held its mass vaccine event for teachers and staff, pictured above. Lindbergh...

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting had some special guests in 2019, when the city presented St. Louis Blues mascot Louie and Bob Plager, one of the franchise’s first players, with a proclamation honoring the Blues and their Stanley Cup-winning season. ‘The whole city of Crestwood was pulling for you, the whole St. Louis region was pulling for you,’ said Mayor Grant Mabie, above left, as he presentedLouie and Plager with a copy of the proclamation at the Aug. 27 meeting.

PHOTOS: Remembering Bob Plager’s 2019 visit to South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 2, 2021

St. Louisans are recalling decades of fond memories after St. Louis Blues hockey legend Bob Plager, 78, died last week. Plager died Wednesday, March 24, when his vehicle collided with another vehicle...

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