The move inserts Catherine Hanaway squarely into a fight between County Executive Sam Page, who appointed the two, and the County Council, who are protesting the appointments.
Hanaway had declined to say whether her office would defend the Missouri Supreme Court's interpretation of state law after two losses at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ethan Hoese, a police officer with the Staunton Police Department died in a motorcycle crash outside of Grafton. He is survived by his fiancee' and 11-month-old-daughter, as well as his parents and brothers.
A proposal to roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule could wreak environmental havoc on ecologically valuable forest, including 11,000 acres of in the Shawnee National Forest, opponents say.