South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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St. Louis County Assessor takes questions from audience members during a town hall about 2019s property value reassessments at The Pavilion at Lemay Thursday, June 20, 2019. Like 2019, 2021 saw an increase in property values across the county.

Home assessments are online and up 9%; council members schedule assessment town halls

April 4, 2021

Most St. Louis County homeowners can now look up the 2021 assessor’s preliminary value of their property on the county’s website, County Assessor Jake Zimmerman announced last week. Homeowners can...

In a series of public Board of Equalization hearings in Crestwood July 25, 2019, commercial and residential property owners try to convince board members that their properties are worth less than originally assessed. More often than not, their bids to reverse the hike on their properties were turned down, especially in cases where property owners did not bring photo evidence to back up their cases. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

St. Louis County’s preliminary real-estate assessments for 2021 are online for taxpayers

March 23, 2021

Most St. Louis County homeowners can now look up the 2021 assessor's preliminary value of their property on the county's website, County Assessor Jake Zimmerman announced Tuesday. Homeowners can find...

Top 10 Stories of the Year: Merger, Stenger and trolley place regionalism on St. Louis center stage

Top 10 Stories of the Year: Merger, Stenger and trolley place regionalism on St. Louis center stage

January 9, 2020

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com With the leaked news that nonprofit organization Better Together was proposing a sweeping city-county merger that would merge St. Louis County...

Mehlville Board of Education member Jean Pretto and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Crutcher discuss the 2020 budget during a meeting June 5, 2019 at Mehlville High School.

Mehlville school, fire districts see a jump in assessed valuation in 2019

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 24, 2019

Like other political subdivisions in the South County area, the Mehlville School District and Mehlville Fire Protection District both saw a 15-percent increase in assessed value — nearly double the 8...

County accepting late assessment appeals, with one catch

July 24, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Board of Equalization voted last week to extend the deadline for filing property assessment appeals until July 29, but...

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