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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Board of Electors will pass on county reorganization

Board of Electors will pass on county reorganization

September 18, 2019

By Bill Milligan Editor wmilligan@callnewspapers.com Originally published July 26, 1990 (with a sidebar listing the Board of Freeholders appointees) County Executive H.C. Milford last week asked...

Then-Concord Republican Committeeman Tony Pousosa presides over a meeting of the Concord-Lemay Republican Club in July 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Green Park gets a new alderman, as Pousosa resigns

September 18, 2019

Then-Concord Republican Committeeman Tony Pousosa presides over a meeting of the Concord-Lemay Republican Club in July 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Green...

Noemi Ban and her mother Juliska pictured in 1922. Photo courtesy of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle.

Beloved Oakville Elementary teacher had a secret: She had survived the Holocaust

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 27, 2019

Noemi Ban, a beloved Oakville Elementary teacher who later became an internationally renowned speaker about how she survived the Holocaust, died this month. Ban, 96, had lived in the Seattle area since...

Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger exits the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in downtown St. Louis May 3, 2019, after pleading guilty to three charges of theft of honest services/bribery and mail fraud. Stenger initially pleaded not guilty to the charges at an arraignment April 29 after an April 25 indictment was unsealed that morning, prompting Stenger to resign as county executive minutes later.

Stenger pleads guilty to federal corruption charges; plea deal calls for 3-4 years in prison

May 3, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Former County Executive Steve Stenger pleaded guilty Friday to three federal corruption charges, agreeing to a plea deal with a recommended...

Gathering turns a little hairy for 3 school board members

Gathering turns a little ‘hairy’ for 3 school board members

January 17, 2019

This is a "blast from South County's past" from the past 30 years of the Call's archives. Originally published on: Thursday, March 7, 1996. Stay tuned throughout the year for more glimpses into the area's...

South County doubles 2017’s USO drive with most successful food drive ever

South County doubles 2017’s USO drive with most successful food drive ever

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 6, 2018

The sixth annual Operation October food drive, benefitting the USO of Missouri, brought in record levels of food for Thanksgiving dinners for military families in need, in part due to a record number of...

Man who could be most prolific serial killer once caught in St. Louis County

Man who could be most prolific serial killer once caught in St. Louis County

November 28, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A man who could be the most prolific serial killer in history once got off with a slap on the wrist from the St. Louis County justice system...

Crestwood honors its role in rock and roll

Crestwood honors its role in rock and roll

November 27, 2018

Crestwood is honoring its rock and roll past with a special proclamation declaring November “Classic Rock Month” in the city. A couple weeks ago, acting Mayor Tony Kennedy attended the St. Louis Rock...

ModernSTL offers weekend tour of modern architecture in Crestwood

ModernSTL offers weekend tour of modern architecture in Crestwood

October 11, 2018

Enthusiasts of mid-centery modern architecture can join ModernSTL for a home tour through the historic Ridgewood neighborhood in Crestwood on Saturday, Oct. 13. ModernSTL is a modern-architecture preservation...

St. Anthonys officially changes its name to Mercy Hospital South

St. Anthony’s officially changes its name to Mercy Hospital South

October 6, 2018

. It’s official: St. Anthony’s Medical Center is now Mercy Hospital South. The new name officially took effect Monday, Oct. 1. The hospital’s sign was draped the same day with a banner with the...

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