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South St. Louis County News

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Lemay economic development nonprofit could disband due to lack of funds

Lemay economic development nonprofit could disband due to lack of funds

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor November 19, 2020

After 40 years of existence, Lemay’s economic development nonprofit could disband this week due to the changing way that St. Louis County hands out grants. The Lemay Development Corporation, a 501c3...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Goldsmith, left, talks to St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jacob Barker after the ethics town hall Monday at Kol Rinah in University City. Barker was mentioned in Goldsmiths indictment of former County Executive Steve Stenger, as Stenger tried to dodge Barkers questions about a phony contract that formed the crux of the case against Stenger. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Hal Goldsmith speaks: The man who brought down Stenger talks ethics and how public can fight corruption

September 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Hal Goldsmith has 1 p.m. this Saturday marked on his calendar. That’s when former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger reports to prison...

Our Call: Sweeney should get more than probation for crimes

Our Call: Sweeney should get more than probation for crimes

September 11, 2019

Editorial Sometimes crime does pay. That’s the lesson courtroom observers learned from the Aug. 16 sentencing of former St. Louis Economic Development CEO Sheila Sweeney. Or should we say lack...

Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, left, and Stengers lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, right, exit the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse Friday, May 3, after Stenger pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of honest services/bribery and mail fraud. A sentencing hearing will be held Aug. 9. Stenger faces to three to four years in federal prison. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

From county executive to felon in five days: Stenger pleads guilty

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 7, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com In the span of five days last week, Steve Stenger went from St. Louis County executive to a felon who is likely headed to federal prison for...

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.

Stenger’s office served with a federal subpoena; says he’ll cooperate

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor March 25, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to St. Louis County targeting St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and the relationship between...

County Executive Steve Stenger at the Aug. 1 County Council meeting. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Stenger stops attending council meetings; says it’s become a ‘circus’

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 6, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  Web Exclusive update: Stenger attended the County Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5, which happened after this article went to press.  The...

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