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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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St. Louis County Executive vetoes bill regarding tobacco sales near schools

St. Louis County Executive vetoes bill regarding tobacco sales near schools

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 28, 2023

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page vetoed a bill last month that would have loosened restrictions regarding tobacco sales near schools. The legislation, sponsored by Democratic Council Chairwoman Shalonda...

Utility poles bisect the narrow sidewalks on the west side of Lemay Ferry Road in October 2020, presenting issues for those who use wheelchairs or have other mobility concerns.  The east side of Lemay Ferry has accessible sidewalks, but for anyone on the west side, the only way to reach the accessible east sidewalk is by directly crossing the street, or riding in the street next to the burn to the closest crosswalk at Victory Drive.

St. Louis County Executive vetoes pedestrian safety bill

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor June 6, 2023

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page vetoed a bill last week that would have prohibited pedestrians from walking in county roadways if a sidewalk is available. The bill, sponsored by 6th District Councilman...

South County Election Results 2022: Incumbents come out on top

South County Election Results 2022: Incumbents come out on top

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor November 9, 2022

Editor's note: This is a developing article. Continue to check callnewspapers.com for the latest Nov. 8 election news.  From state to local contests in Missouri, St. Louis County and South County, several...

Mark Mantovani, left, and Sam Page

Mantovani, Page contend for St. Louis County Executive

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor October 19, 2022

The race for St. Louis County Executive Nov. 8 features incumbent Sam Page, seeking his second elected term, businessman Mark Mantovani, a recent Democrat-turned-Republican, and Green Party candidate Randall...

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 released from prison, back in St. Louis

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 8, 2021

Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger is out of prison and back in St. Louis. Stenger, a Democrat, served as South County’s County Council member until he was elected county executive, taking...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page attends the ribbon cutting for the 9 Mile Garden food truck garden in Affton Thursday, July 9.

Pushback on Page: Legislators want pandemic orders under state instead of county

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 9, 2020

South County state legislators led by Sen. Andrew Koenig are filing emergency legislation to take power away from counties when it comes to public-health orders like those St. Louis County has repeatedly...

Both County Executive Sam Page and 6th District County Councilman Ernie Trakas don masks at the official ribbon-cutting at 9 Mile Garden in Affton July 9, 2020.

Re-elected Trakas is opposing Page orders

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 17, 2020

With a win Nov. 3 over challenger Rep. Bob Burns, St. Louis County Councilman Ernie Trakas was re-elected to represent South County for another four years. Trakas asked voters to give him another term...

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announces that she will perform an audit of St. Louis County at the St. Louis County Library headquarters May 15, 2019, after the County Council voted unanimously to approve an audit May 7. Former County Executive Steve Stenger requested an audit of the county two years ago, but then-council Chairman Sam Page, now the county executive, declined.

State audit finds Stenger enabled by council, county auditor, Charter

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 22, 2020

Poor oversight by the County Council, an auditor who doesn’t audit and a county Charter that tilts the balance of power in St. Louis County to the county executive all contributed to the lack of oversight...

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, right, and his wife, Jennifer, head to the polls Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2020, in Creve Coeur to vote for Page in the Democratic primary. Jennifer Page was dressed in scrubs to head to her job at Mercy Hospital South.

Page likely wins two more years as county executive in four-way race

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 7, 2020

St. Louis County voters most likely gave County Executive Sam Page two more years in office by handing him a commanding victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday in a four-way race with two well-known...

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