A former St. Louis County guidance counselor was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for exchanging sexual messages and making inappropriate advances toward at least 10 female students.
Charles P. Willingham, 67, died of smoke inhalation when his home caught fire before 3 a.m. Monday in the 3100 block of Ruby Drive, about 30 miles south of downtown St. Louis.
Amendment 3 authorized cities and counties to levy a 3% tax on pot sales. Bills to put the tax increase on the April 4 ballot are advancing across the St. Louis area.
Page has been without a chief of staff since June, when the last person in that position, Cal Harris, resigned after a councilman asked police to investigate a video of a county employee engaged in a sex act at theβ¦
The city's new top cop will be paid $275,000 annually to head the department, an amount significantly higher than his predecessor and other police chiefs in similar-sized cities.