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A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck about 1 mile southwest of I-44 and Hwy. 141 in Valley Park at 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's website.

A Hancock High School teacher was awarded one of education’s most prestigious honors, the $25,000 Milken Educator Award, at a surprise school assembly Friday morning featuring guests such as Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Margie Vandeven and state Sen. Doug Beck, D-Affton.  Mark Garascia, an alternative education teacher at Hancock High, was presented the...

The City of Crestwood will see a hit to its budget after Proposition S passed in Affton April 5. Prop S is a 10-cent per $100 assessed evaluation tax increase that will fund the Affton Fire Protection District’s pension program. Last May, Crestwood lost a four-year legal battle with AFPD over fire service for annexed...

A longtime Missouri Lottery player purchased a “Triple Bonus Crossword” Scratchers ticket on Easter, April 17 and won $100,000. The winner explained that he loves crosswords, and “Triple Bonus Crossword” is currently his favorite Scratchers game. He purchased two tickets at Wallis Petroleum, 8445 Gravois Road, in Affton. Later that night, he scratched and matched...

Fans of Missouri hellbenders recently gathered at the Saint Louis Zoo to honor the life and work of Kirkwood’s Karen Goellner. If working with hellbenders can get you into heaven,

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced March 23 that the county is in the “low-risk” category for COVID cases according to the Centers for Disease Control. The county positivity rate is 3.4 percent and it is seeing around 50 new cases per day. “We’re hopeful that these numbers remain low, however public health experts...

Editor’s note: This is a developing article. Continue to check back to callnewspapers.com for more. The race for the Lindbergh Board of Education features four candidates running for two open seats — Mike Tsichlis’, who is not seeking re-election because he is running for state representative, and Jennifer Miller’s. The municipal election is Tuesday, April...

The Kirkwood-Des Peres Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of awards for Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, Distinguished Community Service, Commitment to Community and the

If schools refused to certify their district had complied with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s demands to drop any and all COVID-19 restrictions, thousands in savings to taxpayers were at risk. In the nearly three months since the state required the certification form, 21 districts signed and seven refused.

It was just after 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, when the forms arrived from the state treasurer's office.