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South St. Louis County News

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A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

Page, Jones lift COVID emergency orders in county, city ahead of federal declaration ending

April 10, 2023

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones ended COVID-19 emergency declarations in the county and city last week. The county exectuive and mayor said in a joint statement...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

What state control could mean for the St. Louis Police Department

By Meg Cunningham, Missouri Independent April 7, 2023

This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon.  In a vote watched closely in Kansas City, Missourians approved a statewide ballot measure in 2012 to return control of the St. Louis...

St. Louis libraries launch integrated system

St. Louis libraries launch integrated system

March 24, 2022

St. Louis County Library and St. Louis Public Library have launched a shared integrated library system (ILS), providing library cardholders access to nearly 5 million items  The system will make accessing...

County Executive Sam Page appears in a mask at the July 2020 ribbon cutting for 9 Mile Garden food truck plaza in Affton.

St. Louis County reinstating mask mandate Monday

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 23, 2021

St. Louis County and St. Louis will require masks in all indoor public places regardless of vaccination status starting Monday.  The health order requires everyone 5 and older to wear a mask regardless...

Shields block individual tables from one another at Robertos Trattoria, using Plexiglas barriers in June 2020.

County, city reopening with no capacity limits

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 3, 2021

St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis are open again without any capacity restrictions for the first time in more than a year, although restrictions such as masks and social distancing continue. Under...

Mehlville Superintendent Chris Gaines talks to a teacher in a hallway while schools were all-virtual in fall 2020.

All Mehlville students return to school five days a week in person starting April 19, after most teachers will be vaccinated

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 18, 2021

All students in the Mehlville School District will return to five days of in-person learning in April, after an assist from a pharmacy owner alumnus to get the district’s teachers vaccinated this week. The...

A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

Missouri ‘vaccination gap’ worst in St. Louis County, consultant hired by state finds

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent March 3, 2021

A consulting firm hired by the state has repeatedly found Missouri’s urban centers have the largest “vaccination gap” — the estimated number of eligible residents who still haven’t received their...

Examples of the free firewood available for city of St. Louis residents at Carondelet, Forest Park and OFallon Park.

Free firewood offered at Carondelet and two other parks for St. Louis city residents

February 10, 2021

The City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation & Forestry will offer free firewood to city of St. Louis residents at three locations, through the first week of March 2021: Forest Park...

MSD $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, goes to St. Louis County and city voters in April

MSD $500 million bond issue, Proposition Y, goes to St. Louis County and city voters in April

February 4, 2021

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is asking voters in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis to make a decision this spring on a $500 million bond issue that will increase wastewater rates...

Oakville Rep. Jim Murphy, inset center, testifies to the Special Committee on Small Business Jan. 26 on his bill, House Bill 75.

Four-hour hearing held on Murphy’s bill to limit local power over pandemic orders

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 4, 2021

Restaurant and bar owners from Oakville, Green Park, St. Louis and Kansas City testified in a four-hour in-person Missouri House hearing last week on a bill sponsored by 94th District Rep. Jim Murphy,...

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