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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The pool at the Kennedy Recreation Center.

County eyes repairs and upgrades to Kennedy pool, at urging of Trakas

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 19, 2021

Repairs are being made to the Kennedy Recreation Complex’s pool in time to open for the summer, and the county is considering upgrades after Councilman Ernie Trakas urged the county parks department...

Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

Mass vaccine sites set on weekly basis

February 16, 2021

Editor's note: This article was updated at 6 p.m. Tuesday with the latest information from the state and St. Louis County that this weekend's St. Louis County mass vaccination event is still on.  Gov....

Oakville subdivision is up for county zoning

Oakville subdivision is up for county zoning

January 14, 2021

A new 26-acre subdivision in Oakville, a new QuikTrip at the corner of Lindbergh and Lemay Ferry, a self-storage facility in Sappington and a new construction company office on South County Center Way...

South County sees highest rates of COVID-19, less mask compliance than elsewhere

South County sees highest rates of COVID-19, less mask compliance than elsewhere

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 8, 2020

South County had the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County for the last two weeks, continuing a disturbing trend that started in the summer but has become more noticeable heading...

Mike Shamia, left, and Steve Walkenbach. at the Tower Tee property.

Tower Tee construction kicking off when STL County gives go-ahead

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 23, 2020

Construction could start any day now on the reimagined Tower Tee, with the developers anticipating the golf course reopening by May 2021, depending on how quickly St. Louis County approves building permits. May...

An Oakville High School student sews during class as students returned for two weeks in October-November 2020, before the announcement that they would return to all-virtual learning until January 2021.

Hospitals near capacity as virus surging locally and across state

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 16, 2020

St. Louis health leaders appealed to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate and stay-at-home advisory as a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelms hospitals including Mercy Hospital South,...

Bob Burns, left, and Ernie Trakas, right.

Burns challenges Trakas for 6th District County Council seat this November

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 6, 2020

Rep. Bob Burns, D-Affton, will challenge Republican incumbent Ernie Trakas in the election Tuesday, Nov. 3, to see who will take the seat representing the County Council’s 6th District. The 6th District...

Tracking COVID-19

Tracking COVID-19

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 21, 2020

With most Mehlville and Lindbergh students still in all-virtual classes, the local school districts are closely tracking COVID-19 numbers to see when students can safely return to the classroom. Both...

The slide shown by the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force last week that singled out South County as a coronavirus hotspot.

South County again singled out as a hotspot for the coronavirus

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 1, 2020

The St. Louis region saw its largest single-day spike in COVID-19 hospital admissions last week since the pandemic started, and once again, South County is being singled out by a task force of area hospitals...

The proposed site of the Moto Mart, next to Interstate 255 where the Jefferson Barracks Bridge crosses into Illinois over the Mississippi River.

JB Bridge gas station will get vote Monday

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 29, 2020

A new gas station may be built directly along the banks of the Mississippi River in the shadow of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge after a July public hearing for a proposed Moto Mart along Interstate 255. The...

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