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One day after three waste haulers appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to stop trash districts in unincorporated St.

As the Mehlville Board of Education will consider July 31 placing two proposed ballot measures before voters in November, board members emphasized last week that they are more concerned with educating students ...

"Due to the recent events with the legislators of Missouri and the pending litigation against St.

"Whatever does has a hundred percent of my backing. If I didn't have any confidence in her, she wouldn't be here ... That's my responsibility.

"It turns out this dumb, costly monopoly program was unlawful as launched from day one ... I would like to see County Executive Dooley and Garry Earls - his enforcer - come to south county and try to win voter ...

The flooding continues in South St. Louis County Friday. Parts of Arnold and Oakville are under water, but residents are relieved that the Meramec River isn't rising any higher.

Bill Milligan photo Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors Treasurer Bonnie Stegman is pictured with an architectural rendering of the district's new No.

Aspen Waste Systems has withdrawn its bid to haul trash in Districts 6 and 8 in unincorporated St.

"One of the first things they ask their co-workers is about where the good school districts are.

A Hollywood woman died Tuesday after she dropped off two children at Oakville Elementary School, authorities report, and drove onto Route 235 in the path of another vehicle.

Burglars have recently hit 8 homes in the Mehlville-Oakville area of south St. Louis County.

"It is a wish list. In a perfect world if money were no object, we could absolutely solve 99 percent of these building problems with that amount of money.

Community force behind plan, Facilitating Team members say "I think the only thing that the community can expect for sure is a transfer of levy, and I think that that's a pretty sure thing.

Three trash haulers entered apparent low bids on Wednesday when St. Louis County opened bids for the last four of the eight new trash-collection districts.

It's one thing to turn in your project for your teacher to look over. It's quite another to turn in your project for the entire world to check out.

UNICOM proposing to assist in hiring of district communications professional MIKE ANTHONY Executive Editor "We're not communicating well enough, and no matter how hard we try, we're still not communicating well ... via Oakville Call

“In my case, if one hauler was chosen, that would be a reduction to one hauler four times a week, which would actually be 20 percent of the traffic and gas being used on my street.”

Rep. Schoemehl calls for county to scrap program, start over MIKE ANTHONY Executive Editor "No level-headed person opposes recycling. via Oakville Call

“I would just say go. It's not that hard to just get through it”

By Sharon Stevens , Education Reporter -- A south St. Louis County teen is in an exclusive group: 12 years of perfect school attendance. via KSDK NewsChannel 5

“If they really put their minds to it, they could have finished the whole job in a week”

In March 2003, when the federal government decided to fortify two sides of the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse with 60 concrete "Jersey barriers," some of us assumed that the crude barricade was temporary. via STLtoday

“It's not enough to resolve the problem”

Reeling from a $6 million budget error, a south St. Louis County school district is taking steps to cut expenses, recover dollars and buy time for a taxpayer bailout. via STLtoday