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Friday, Oct. 9 Dive into history | The fall of 2026 marks the 170th anniversary of the Grants living at Hardscrabble. Completed in the fall of 1856, the family only lived in it about three months before Julia’s mother, Ellen Wrenshall Dent, passed away on Jan. 14, 1857. The Grants left Hardscrabble and returned to White Haven. A special exhibit on the history o...

In August, David Weidler stepped into his role as the new Crestwood city administrator. Since coming to the city, Weidler says he has been getting to know its procedures, staff and community members as he takes on the staff leadership position.

The role of city administrator was left vacant by Kris Simpson in January, with Chief of Police Jonathan Williams serving as a...

As of Oct. 1, tax rates have been voted on and submitted to St. Louis County’s Director of Revenue; 2026 was not a reassessment year. Tax rates are determined by dividing the amount of revenue required by the current assessed valuation. That result is then multiplied by 100 in order for the tax rate to be expressed in cents per $100.

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This year, a Mehlville dance studio — the Emily Jane Dance Center — was named the studio that raised the second highest amount of money in the country for the nonprofit Dancers Against Cancer (DAC). The dancers and their families secured a flurry of donations, collecting more than $18,000 over the summer.

Dancers Against Cancer offers financial aid to dancers who are ...

Fire Chief Brian Hendricks of the Mehlville Fire Protection District (MFPD) was recently named a recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Local Government Achievement (OLGA) Award for his efforts in installing two Safe Haven Baby Boxes in the fire district and expanding the program across the state.

“The greatest measure of this project’s success isn’t the number of boxes ins...