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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Sunset Hills rejects donation of historic Paraclete property

Sunset Hills rejects donation of historic Paraclete property

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor July 14, 2021

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen has declined a donation from Alwal “Al” and Betty Moore to take over the historic Paraclete Fathers property in Tapawingo. The Paraclete property is the former estate...

Affton firefighters tour the inside of a Missouri American Water tank at Tesson Ferry and Gravois roads in South County.

Sunset Hills holds special meeting after rejecting Missouri American Water tower

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 26, 2021

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting Tuesday about a new Missouri American Water tower the city rejected earlier this month. Neighbors are opposed to the tower, but the city attorney...

Students at Oakville Elementary participate in Kids Voting for the November 2018 election.

Filing ends for April election: Here’s who is running in Lindbergh, Mehlville, Sunset Hills, Green Park

By Staff Report January 20, 2021

Candidate filing closed Tuesday for a number of governmental positions that are up for election April 6, setting up several competitive races across South County. One of the trends this year is that many...

First day of filing for April election highlighted by many newcomers, competitive Green Park mayoral race

First day of filing for April election highlighted by many newcomers, competitive Green Park mayoral race

December 15, 2020

Filing opens Tuesday for a number of area governmental positions that are up for election April 6. Filing began at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, and will continue through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. The...

The proposed location of the St. Louis Bombers rugby park.

Sunset Hills board may not require rugby traffic rating

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 18, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen might lift a traffic study rating required for the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club to lease the former Sunset Hills Golf Course for a rugby facility, revisiting the project...

The city of Sunset Hills campus: Sunset Hills Police Department

New Sunset Hills city administrator is Wentzville Alderman Brittany Gillett

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 1, 2020

Sunset Hills has hired its second-ever city administrator, who is set to begin at the end of September.  Mayor Pat Fribis told The Call that she offered the position of city administrator Saturday...

Former Sunset Hills City Administrator Eric Sterman, left, and City Attorney Robert E. Jones during a meeting of the Board of Aldermen in 2017.

Sunset Hills’ first-ever city administrator, Eric Sterman, leaves for same job in Ballwin

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 25, 2020

Four years after making history as the first city administrator in Sunset Hills, City Administrator Eric Sterman has been hired for the same position in Ballwin. The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen was...

John Stephens, left, and Pat Fribis, right.

Fribis wins re-election over Stephens, but says she’s glad a long, ‘vicious’ race is over

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 8, 2020

Sunset Hills will remain under the guidance of Mayor Pat Fribis after the two-term incumbent won her re-election bid against political newcomer John Stephens last week, following a long-drawn-out race...

Letters to the editor

Sunset Hills aldermen support Fribis for ‘what she has done and continues to do’

May 27, 2020

To the editor and residents: Sunset Hills Alderman Dee Baebler keeps suggesting that Mayor Pat Fribis was the only one who knew about the Winter Brothers’ flood-plain project before the construction...

Sunset Hills zoning code back to drawing board after outcry

Sunset Hills zoning code back to drawing board after outcry

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 18, 2020

The new Sunset Hills zoning code is back on the drawing board after the Board of Aldermen rejected the proposal from Houseal Lavigne during a special meeting Nov. 12. The zoning code rewrite has been...

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