Construction equipment has been moved from the Forest Park campus, where the COVID-19 pandemic is delaying demolition of A and B towers. (Photo by Joshua Phelps)

A and B tower demolition delayed

April 20, 2020

The demolition of A and B towers on the Forest Park campus has been delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Louis Community College initially planned to tear them down in mid-March. […]

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At least one STLCC student has coronavirus, maybe three

April 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to demand a new way of life for St. Louis Community College students, faculty, and staff. Classes moved online last week, and the Forest Park campus is closed, except for a few essential employees. Faculty and staff are allowed to access classrooms and offices only four hours a day, two days a week. […]

The Forest Park grounds will remain quiet for the next few weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis Community College extended spring break for an extra week. Classes will go online March 30.

Coronavirus prompts big changes at STLCC

March 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on schools, businesses, hospitals, governments and organizations throughout the United States, and St. Louis Community College is no exception. […]

A periodical table of elements sign is one of the few educational items left amid debris in room A-110, a science lecture hall being prepared for demolition. See more photos on pages 4-5. (Photo by Markell Tompkins)

Towers to be demolished soon

March 6, 2020

St. Louis Community College officials have been talking about tearing down the A and B towers at Forest Park for more than two years, and now the time has come. Demolition is slated for mid-March, according to Ken Kempfe, STLCC engineer and design manager. […]

A sign notifies that Forest Park’s print shop in D Tower is closed. (Photo by Mackenzie Gregory)

STLCC print shops merge

March 6, 2020

The four print shops of St. Louis Community College have been merged into one main print center on the Meramec campus. That means that Forest Park faculty and staff will no longer be able to make copies, business cards, posters, name badges and fliers on campus. […]

Former newspaper editor dies at 49

March 6, 2020

Timothy Bold, 49, of St. Louis, died on Feb. 22 from complications of pneumonia. Bold was a St. Louis Community College student working on a mass communications degree. He served as a reporter and photographer for The Scene student newspaper at Forest Park for three years, including one year as editor. Friends and family crowded into Old Community Baptist Church in Webster Groves for a memorial service on Feb. 29. […]

Several ash trees have been cut down along Campus Drive near Macklind Avenue.Other trees in the background await the same fate. (Photo by Larry Cox)

Where have all the trees gone?

February 21, 2020

Forest Park is losing its forest. The college has cut down more than 30 trees on campus, leaving only stumps. Officials blame beetles called emerald ash borers, which have been slowly killing them. […]

Former college employee gets six years

February 21, 2020

A former St. Louis Community College employee who admitted to stealing more than $7.5 million from STLCC and the state of Missouri is headed to prison. Don Robison, 57, of Ballwin, has been in U.S. Marshals Service custody since Aug. 14, when he pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. […]

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5,000 affected by college data breach

February 21, 2020

More than 20 employees with St. Louis Community College fell victim to a phishing attack that caused a data breach for an additional 5,000 students, faculty and staff members. “Sensitive” information such as names, phone numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and college A numbers were leaked, according to a Feb. 4 email from Keith Hacke, STLCC chief information officer. Social Security numbers were involved in 71 of the cases. […]

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