Kelsey Landis

4 days ago | stltoday.com | Kelsey Landis

HILLSBORO — The St. Louis County Council's budget coordinator announced this weekend he's running for county executive in Jefferson County. Chris Grahn-Howard, a Republican from Cedar Hill, said in a social media post on Sunday that he decided to run after people asked him to get involved. Grahn-Howard has worked for the council since 2019. He previously worked as a legislative aid to Councilman Mark Harder, a Republican from Ballwin.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Kelsey Landis

OLIVETTE — A string of departures at the St. Louis County animal shelter have left the facility largely staffed by new hires, and two of the shelter’s top leaders have never worked at an animal shelter, according to county records, officials and public testimony. Now former shelter workers are flagging the lack of experience as a problem.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Kelsey Landis

CLAYTON — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has asked the County Council to approve spending another $18 million in NFL Rams settlement money on retrofitting the county animal shelter. The request comes a week after Page asked the council for $3 million for drainage, heating and cooling systems, and housing for animals. The new request seeks more for those same items, plus some new things, according to a letter from Page to the council dated Friday.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Kelsey Landis

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A prominent local animal welfare organization plans to build a new shelter on a nearly 5-acre property in North County. The Animal Protective Association, which runs a shelter in Brentwood, wants to build a new one southwest of the intersection of Benham Road and Redman Road west of Spanish Lake, according to plans posted Friday on the St. Louis County Council’s weekly agenda. The plans, including rezoning the property, are subject to council approval.

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Kelsey Landis

CLAYTON — The St. Louis County Council fired the county auditor on Thursday because she wasn't producing promised audits despite having more money in her budget, a council member said Friday. Specifically, Auditor Toni Jackson hadn't produced an audit promised three years ago, said Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, a Democrat from Maplewood. "It was well-supported that we needed to part ways," Clancy said a day after the closed-door meeting.