Mercy Hospital South has announced the birth of its first baby of the 2020s. Tyler Jacob Vogt was born at 2:19 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2020, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 19-inches tall. His parents are Kristen and Jake Vogt of Waterloo, Illinois. Tyler joins two older brothers, Henry, 5, and Luca…

The Sperreng Middle School and Truman Middle School Colonial Fiddlers had an opportunity to perform on the banks of the Wabash River in Indiana at the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon, a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans that took place at Fort Ouiatenon, …

The Crestwood-Sunset Hills Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Awards Auction and Gala Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020.

The Affton Chamber of Commerce will hold its 27th annual Auction & Awards Dinner Gala on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

All kinds of creatures appeared in the South County Times in 2019. Early in the year, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands made the front page along with naturalist Katherine Golden. She has worked with area schools in her role as sustainability education manager for the Missouri Bota…

On Saturday morning, Dec. 14, members of Girl Scout Troop 1324 braved freezing temperatures to place Christmas wreaths on the gravestones of veterans at Sappington Cemetery on Watson Road in Crestwood.

Sunset Hills resident Enid Chandler Barnes is used to selflessly championing Crestwood’s historic Sappington House, not shining a light on her own volunteerism.

Jeanne Dodd of Fenton is the winner of the “Experience South County” readers’ contest published Nov. 1 in the South County Times. She chose a $100 gift certificate to Tucker’s Place as her prize.

Robin Luckett, who was visiting the St. Louis area from Chicago, is greeted by one of Santa’s reindeer, Vixen, at The Museum of Transportation. Jeremiah Scull of Show-Me Reindeer, LLC, brought Vixen and Donner to the museum on Friday, Nov. 29. Reindeer will return to the museum, located at 3…

Three-month-old Emma Paffrath makes her first visit with Santa at the Christmas in Crestwood event held Saturday, Nov. 30, at St. Elizabeth of Hungary on Sappington Road. The event included a car show and fireworks.

Christmas in Crestwood is once again lighting up the city with color and cheer for the holidays while offering residents an opportunity to visit local businesses.

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Above, Milo Boss and Gray Corcoran, members of Boy Scout Troop 580, Den 9, of Long Elementary School, prepare to unload food items collected during the Nov. 16 annual Scouting For Food drive.

Winners of the 2019 Crestwood Night Out, Bonnie and Gordon Smith, were awarded a plaque at the Nov. 12 Crestwood aldermen meeting.

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