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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 incumbents did not file to run again, so there are a number of new faces across local city and school boards. Filing began at 8 a.m. Dec. 15, and ran through 5 p.m. Jan. 19. The Mehlville fire board and the Green Park mayoral seat will see competitive races this year. Incumbent fire board Treasurer Bonnie Stegman is being challenged by a former firefighter. Aldermanic seats in Crestwood, Gre...

Candidate filing closes Tuesday, Jan. 19 for a number of governmental positions that are up for election April 6. Filing began at 8 a.m. Dec. 15, and ends at 5 p.m. Jan. 19. Judging by candidates who have filed so far, the Mehlville fire board and the Green Park mayoral seat will have competitive races....

Filing began at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, and will continue through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Green Park mayoral seat will have a competitive race, and aldermanic seats in Crestwood, Green Park and Sunset Hills are also up for election, along with one seat on the Grantwood Village Board of Trustees. Seats on the Mehlville fire board and Lindbergh, Mehlville and Affton boards of education also are up for election. This article will be updated as candidates file. Check back for the latest news. Last updated Dec. 22 with Sunset Hills Ward 4 candidate Fred Daues filing.   Mehlville fire boar...

One of the most contentious bills passed by the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen this year instituted a code of ethics that applies to all elected and appointed officials, and uses the board itself as the judging panel when an ethics complaint is filed. The code passed 5-3 in January, with Ward 3 Aldermen Kurt Krueger and Nathan Lipe, Ward 4 Aldermen Thompson Price and Mark Colombo and Ward 2 Alderman Steve Bersche voting in favor, and Ward 2 Alderman Casey Wong and Ward 1 Aldermen Ann McMunn and Dee Baebler opposed. Krueger lost a bid for re-election in June, and Baebler resigned when she move...

Sunset Hills has a new alderman after Mayor Pat Fribis appointed Bank Star owner Joe Stewart to fill the seat vacated by Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler when she moved out of the city in September. Stewart was confirmed unanimously 6-0 by the Board of Aldermen at a special videoconferenced meeting Oct. 13. Board President Thompson Price was absent. “After much deliberation,” Fribis said she chose Stewart because he “has been an active voice in the city.” Bank Star Chairman and CEO Stewart has served on the city’s Finance Committee for five years, and he and his family have lived in Suns...