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South St. Louis County – For years the Boy Scouts of America placed flags on the graves of service members at Jefferson Barracks Nation Cemetery for Memorial Day. But when COVID hit in 2020 and restrictions were issued on group gatherings, the Boy Scouts flag turn program came to a grinding halt. That’s when IBEW Local 1 retiree Rick Dinnella jumped into action.
SIKESTON, Mo., (KBSI) — Route M in Iron County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction lane as contractor crews perform shoulder repairs. This section of roadway is located from Boulder Drive and Longwood Drive near Ironton, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place from...
A $1.39 operating levy increase for the Hillsboro R-3 School District has been rejected by voters. According to complete, but unofficial results from the Jefferson County Election Authority, the increase, known as Proposition H, failed with 4,745 no votes (56.84 percent) to 3,603 yes votes (43.16 percent). Superintendent Jon Isaacson...
John Bowen, the National Commander of the American Legion, visited with Perryville’s post 133 on Saturday. The commander shared breakfast with local legion members before being led on a tour of the National Veteran’s Memorial in Perryville. “Perryville is a beautiful town,” Bowen said. “I love the location. I love that history of the town and the people. We just came from visiting the third largest American Legion post in the state of Missouri and had a great turnout for breakfast. Wonderful people that we met. The leadership of that post, they’re doing the right things. They’re working in the community. They’re doing things that we should be doing everywhere in the American Legion.
As Veterans Day approaches and the Christmas season nears, a local effort is underway to help ensure veterans buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery are honored with wreaths at their gravesites.
Republican candidate David Robertson defeated Democrat Dan Schaefer in the race for Missouri House District 97. Robertson of High Ridge received 6,496 votes (53 percent) while Schaefer of Fenton received 5,621 votes, according to complete, but unofficial election results. Robertson defeated incumbent David Casteel in the August primary. Casteel had...
Democrat Mark Osmack has flipped a St. Louis County Council seat that Republicans held for more than a decade, beating GOP challenger Andrew Koenig in the District 3 race on Tuesday. Osmack took 54.85% of the vote to Koenig's 45.15%, according to unofficial results, continuing a years-long drift away from Republican dominance in the district.
Jefferson County Clerk Jeannie Goff said she was a little disappointed by the voter turnout on Election Day, Nov. 3. According to the clerk’s website, the county saw a voter turnout of 47.7 percent of all registered voters, with 79,264 ballots counted. An average November election has about a 53 percent voter turnout, Goff said.
Democrat Jake Zimmerman has been elected St. Louis County executive, winning 65.1% of the vote Tuesday against Republican Dennis Hancock, who received 32.9%, and Green Party candidate J.D. McFarland, who received 2.1%, according to unofficial results. Zimmerman will succeed County Executive Sam Page, who decided not to seek reelection and...
A future five-lot residential subdivision to be known as Pacland Crest has been proposed for a 13.6-acre site located west of Kehrs Mill Road and south of Pacland Place. The property currently contains a single-family residence, barn and pool house. Although the house was constructed in 1900, it is not listed as a historic place in the city, said City Planner Isaak Simmers.
Home sales in Jersey County include a house in Jerseyville that sold for $225,000
Posted In: Offsite Construction, What we are thinking about. From St. Louis Magazine: In July, drivers zipping along West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis’ Mark Twain neighborhood likely caught a glimpse of something unfortunately not more familiar in North City: a new home under construction. In just a matter...
St. Charles County voters approved a 3/8-cent sales tax increase for the St. Charles County Ambulance District, a measure officials said was needed to keep pace with a growing and aging population and to fund emergency medical services across the county. The ballot question asked whether the district could impose a sales tax of 0.00375, or 3/8 of 1%, to provide revenue for its operations.
More than 35,000 members of the Church of God in Christ are gathering in St. Louis this week as the denomination's Holy Convocation returns to the America's Center, kicking off a three-year run that pulls the massive annual gathering away from Memphis for the second time in the church's history. The move comes after years of friction over hotel rooms and convention space in the Bluff City, and it leaves some local church leaders hoping the Convocation eventually finds its way back home.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is urging the landlord of the Northern Village Apartments to meet with the tenant’s union. “Today, I met with the leaders of the Northern Village Tenants Union, and I left inspired by their determination to stand up for themselves and their neighbors,” Page said. ”Their demands are reasonable. They deserve to meet directly with property owner Mendel Fischer, have their concerns heard, and be treated with dignity and respect.
Democrat Fred Wellman will represent Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District after ousting seven-term Republican Ann Wagner in a close race on Tuesday. Wellman won 51% to 46% in the Republican-leaning district, which includes parts of St. Louis, St. Charles and Warren counties and all of Franklin County. Wagner called Wellman...
A natural gas leak has forced a St. Charles County polling place to close on Election Day. According to the St. Charles County Election Authority, the gas leak occurred Tuesday morning at the polling place at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 150 Defiance Road in Defiance. The precinct serves voters in the Defiance and Augusta area.
From Monet Beatty’s back porch on Enright Avenue, the homes across the alleyway almost resemble dominoes. House, empty lot, house, house, empty lots. The near-century-old brick homes on Kensington Avenue that withstood last year’s tornado are now accompanied by empty lots where neighboring homes once stood. “It is...
City leaders say St. Louis is better prepared than ever for what winter may bring.
Those in St. Louis will soon be able to get up close and personal with animals from half the world away, all in north St. Louis County.
