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South St. Louis County News

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Our Call: Council GOP fumbles its chance to shine for voters

Our Call: Council GOP fumbles its chance to shine for voters

December 12, 2019

Editorial In the 30 years The Call has been covering St. Louis County government, it has historically been the Democrats on the County Council who have repressed free speech and public comment, while...

6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas cracks a smile after being named presiding officer of the St. Louis County Council May 15 in Clayton, after former 5th District Councilman Sam Pages ascent to county executive and 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby leaving to work for Page left the council without a chair or vice chair. Trakas will oversee council meetings until January 2020, when a new chair and vice chair will be named. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Republicans take majority on council, elect Trakas as chair

May 22, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor  glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Under the continuing fallout from the downfall of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, Republicans gained the majority on the...

Pictured above: In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at a news conference at the Sheriffs headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz. President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judges order in an immigration case. The White House announced the move Friday night, Aug. 25, 2017, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizonas Maricopa County was a worthy candidate for a presidential pardon. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is speaker at St. Louis County Republicans’ Lincoln-Reagan event

March 21, 2019

The St. Louis County Republicans are hosting their annual Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner on March 23 and one of their keynote speakers, Joe Arpaio, has raised some eyebrows. The Lincoln/Reagan Day dinner will...

Lemay Chamber Awards - In this Call file photo from 2012, representatives of the Lemay Chamber of Commerce, including, from left, then-St. Louis County Childrens Service Fund Director Julie Leicht, Tesson Ferry Committeman John Judd, then-6th District Councilman and current County Executive Steve Stenger, and Rep. Cloria Brown, R-Lemay, present an award to Lemay resident Tom Dittrich Jr.

Republicans split on candidate for election to fill Stenger’s seat

January 20, 2015
Byline: It took two tries, but south county Republican officials tapped Green Park Ward 1 Alderman Tony Pousosa Wednesday night to run in the April special election for County Executive Steve Stenger's former 6th District County Council seat.
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