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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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The Michael Brown Chosen for Change Foundation posted this photo of Michael Brown Sr. and his youngest daughter Mikelle taken before the press conference on Facebook.

St. Louis protests turn violent in Ferguson, six arrests made

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 1, 2020

Police made six arrests overnight in Ferguson as protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis again turned violent as the sun set, echoing a pattern seen across the country. Although protesters...

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.

Small-business relief grant is open to apply by May 31

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2020

St. Louis County businesses can apply for $15,000 grants if they have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, ahead of a Sunday deadline. The $17.5 million in the Small Business Relief Grant program...

Mark Mantovani talks with Amy Stuber of Creve Coeur and John Snodgrass of Richmond Heights at his watch party in August 2018 after absentee results came in. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Police union endorses Mark Mantovani in county executive race

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 26, 2020

The St. Louis County Police Association is endorsing Mark Mantovani for county executive in the upcoming Democratic primary. The election will be held Tuesday, Aug. 4, with Mantovani and county Assessor...

More than 70 affected in Nazareth coronavirus outbreak

More than 70 affected in Nazareth coronavirus outbreak

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 25, 2020

An Oakville senior-living facility is one of the nursing homes in the state hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, with an outbreak affecting more than 70 residents and staff members. Nazareth Living...

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

Stay-at-home order starts to lift in St. Louis County, but it’s no ‘return to normal,’ Page says

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 18, 2020

The stay-at-home orders issued in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis will start to lift  today with some businesses allowed to reopen, but that is far from a “return to normal,” County Executive...

As part of its lawsuit against the gym, St. Louis County submitted this screenshot of House of Pain Gyms website, with a banner across the top saying that the gyms are open daily.

St. Louis County goes to court to shut down gyms operating in defiance of stay-at-home order

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 12, 2020

St. Louis County has filed a lawsuit to try to close two gyms that have reopened in defiance of the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. Despite St. Louis County’s continuing stay-at-home order, House of Pain...

The Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis distributed food and other items to 2,500 families Saturday, May 2, at the former Jamestown Mall, assisted by County Executive Sam Page in a mask, left.

Federal judge sides with St. Louis County that COVID-19 lockdowns do not violate Constitution

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 11, 2020

A federal judge has denied two business owners’ motion for a restraining order to end the current stay-at-home orders in St. Louis, blocking efforts to reopen “nonessential” businesses shut down...

Some businesses were forced to close by St. Louis Countys March 21 stay-at-home order, but others like the Macys at South County Center, seen above during the stay-at-home order, voluntarily closed before that.

St. Louis County Small Business Relief Program offers up to $15,000 in COVID-19 grants

May 8, 2020

Editor's note: Several key details of this program have changed since this article was published. Businesses do not have to have been closed during the stay-at-home order in order to apply, but had to...

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

Not every St. Louis County business will be allowed to reopen May 18

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 8, 2020

St. Louis County will start to reopen after the coronavirus shutdown as soon as May 18, but not every business will be part of that reopening process. And those that are will look very different. That...

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