December 14, 2019
St. Louis County prosecutors charged a South County man with endangering the welfare of a child after the man’s baby son died from overdosing heroin and fentanyl. Taylor Baumer, 20, of the 1000 block of Adworth Drive in Lemay, was charged Tuesday with first-degree endangerment and is being held on $25,000 bond. Police say that
[ Read More ]Editor’s note: As part of our “Blast from South County’s Past” series, here’s a look at how difficult getting basic public records was in St. Louis County in 1994. Sometimes it’s just as difficult now. Some things never change. Call the Tune By Mike Anthony Originally published Dec. 8, 1994 I’m new at the Call.
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Officers from the Sunset Hills Police Department talk to a resident during a Coffee with a Cop event at Chick-Fil-A in Sunset Hills. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. The St. Louis County Police Department is joining National Coffee with a Cop Day for the first time this year. Local precinct officers will participate in
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The Church’s Chicken on South Lindbergh and Lin Ferry, as seen Sept. 25. Photo by Erin Achenbach. A thief went to great lengths to try to steal from both South County Church’s Chicken restaurants, even cutting a hole in one of the fast-food restaurant’s roofs in order to get inside. St. Louis County prosecutors charged
[ Read More ]Pictured above: The scene at Interstate 55 and Bayless, as captured by Chris Harper. A St. Louis County police officer was injured Monday after a wellness call for a citizen at Interstate 55 and Bayless led to a struggle between the citizen and officers. The St. Louis County Police Department received a call to check the
[ Read More ]Armed carjacking, wave of break-ins still under investigation; cars are left unlocked After an armed carjacking off Tesson Ferry Road in Affton and a wave of break-ins in Sunset Hills last week, officials are urging residents to be cautious as the nights grow longer and thieves are out intent to break into or steal cars.
[ Read More ]Pictured above: County Executive Sam Page signs ethics reform executive orders into law Wednesday in the county executive’s office. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com As his disgraced predecessor heads to prison for public corruption this week, County Executive Sam Page held a public signing ceremony to sign four executive orders for
[ Read More ]A man peddling snow cones to children caused a scare in the Mehlville School District Friday. Driving a white pickup truck, the man approached middle-schoolers waiting for the bus to Washington Middle School at a bus stop at the Mattis Road and Villa Knoll intersection in Concord Friday morning, offering them snow cones and coupons.
[ Read More ]Bernard Middle School students honored South County Precinct officers, firefighters and military members with their “Patriot Day” first responders’ barbecue, an annual commemoration of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11. “It was a wonderful way to say thank you to the people who keep us safe. #neverforget,” the school wrote on its Facebook page. Among
[ Read More ]Pictured above: St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Officer Blake Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com St. Louis County officials are trying to
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