This is a new feature in the St. Louis Sentinel, i.e. the publication of DPW Superintendent Mark Abbott’s monthly report to city council. By DPW Superintendent Mark Abbott Public works completed loose […]
City council cancels Christmas parade
By Ralph Echtinaw Santa Claus has been given his walking papers, as St. Louis city councilmen cancelled the Dec. 3 Christmas parade Tuesday. City manager Kurt Giles recommended cancelling the parade over […]
Council approves lease of new wheel loader, ‘the No. 1 workhorse in our fleet’
By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis City Council members voted 5-0 Tuesday to trade in the DPW’s three-year-old wheel loader for a factory-fresh wheel loader. What’s a wheel loader, you ask? It’s 29,000 […]
Fire Department Activity
This is a new recurring Sentinel feature in which Fire Chief Bill Coty tells us what the St. Louis Area Fire Department does on a weekly basis. Following are the eight runs […]
City looking for a way to communicate with residents during power outages
By Ralph Echtinaw Two power outages in September, especially the one on Sept. 19 that left the whole city without electricity, have local officials thinking about creating a system to alert residents […]
