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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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The St. Louis Fire Departments Marine 2 rescue boat responds to a rescue in the Mississippi River that turned into a recovery effort.

UPDATED: Body found in Mississippi River identified as missing Affton man

June 19, 2019

The body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday has been identified as a missing man from Affton. George Huber, 70, was found dead in the river on the South County/South City line by the St. Louis...

Judge grants order to keep Missouris last abortion clinic open for now

Judge grants order to keep Missouri’s last abortion clinic open for now

June 12, 2019

A judge in St. Louis city granted a preliminary injunction to Planned Parenthood Monday that allows Missouri’s single remaining abortion clinic to stay open for now. Judge Michael Stelzer did not rule...

St. Louis Blues players including Oakville native Patrick Maroon, right, and Jordan Binnington visited children at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital around Christmas 2018.

GALLERY: Maroon, Binnington visit children’s hospital just before their streak to Stanley Cup

June 7, 2019

Was The Call the Blues' good luck charm? It probably had more to do with Jordan Binnington and Laura Branigan's "Gloria" than us, but we do know this: The Blues were near the bottom of the league standings...

Judge decides today if St. Louis Planned Parenthood loses license, leaving Missouri with no abortion clinics

Judge decides today if St. Louis Planned Parenthood loses license, leaving Missouri with no abortion clinics

June 4, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Missouri still has an abortion clinic, at least for now, but whether it will stay open is being argued in a St. Louis court this morning. A...

Bill Miller, right, former chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, exits the Thomas F. Eagleton Court House in downtown St. Louis May 31. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Former St. Louis County Chief of Staff Bill Miller pleads guilty to felony corruption, faces prison time

May 31, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com He called it “the art of staying in power,” but Bill Miller, who served as chief of staff to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger,...

The Primate Canopy Trails, above, will open in 2021. The new element will allow visitors to venture into the canopies to explore the animals new homes. Artistic rendering courtesy of the Saint Louis Zoo.

St. Louis Zoo will build more naturalistic habitat for monkeys, set to open in 2021

May 30, 2019

The Primate Canopy Trails, above, will open in 2021. The new element will allow visitors to venture into the canopies to explore the animals' new homes. Artistic rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo. The...

Stanley Cup final bound. Courtesy of the St. Louis Blues.

St. Louis Blues headed to the Stanley Cup finals for first time in 49 years

May 22, 2019

The St. Louis Blues are headed to the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals for the first time in more than 40 years after defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-1 Tuesday night to win the Western Conference finals. With...

Former County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to then council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Page became county executive April 19, after Stenger resigned from the position and pled guilty to federal corruption charges. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Page does not support a merger through a statewide vote; view different from Stenger

May 22, 2019

Former County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to then council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Page became county executive April 19, after Stenger resigned from the...

The city of Sunset Hills campus: Sunset Hills Police Department

Sunset Hills officials oppose proposed city-county merger

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 17, 2019

Cities across South County are voicing their opinions on Better Together’s plan for a city-county merger, including city officials from Sunset Hills, who have promised to fight the merger and a statewide...

Above, some of the chief backers of the Better Together movement for one St. Louis and a city-county merger talk about the plan at its rollout at the Cheshire Inn Jan. 28, 2019, including, from left to right, Better Together Deputy Director of Community-Based Studies Marius Johnson-Malone, former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, who led the campaign for a 2020 statewide vote on the merger. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Better Together provides answers at first town hall, but maybe not the ones crowd wanted

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 14, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Attendees at the first Better Together town hall last week got some answers about the proposed St. Louis city-county merger — but maybe not...

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