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St. Louis Circuit Attorney asks for new judge in case to remove her from office

2 years 6 months ago
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked for a new judge to oversee the Missouri attorney general's efforts to remove her from office — but the attorney general's office is asking the judge to make one more crucial decision before he is replaced. Gardner’s attorneys, Jonathan Sternberg and Michael Downey, filed a motion for a change of judge Friday to remove Judge John Torbitzky. Requesting a change of judge is a right both sides are given, and attorneys do not need to state their reasons…
Christine Byers

Another Prosecutor Leaves St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Office

2 years 6 months ago
A few days after a judge called the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office a “rudderless ship of chaos,” another violent crimes prosecutor is off the boat. Assistant Circuit Attorney Alex Polta has parted ways with Kim Gardner's office, leaving the city’s violent crimes unit with only three prosecutors remaining, according to a document shared with the RFT. 
Ryan Krull

Mike Shannon, legendary voice of the Cardinals, dies at 83

2 years 6 months ago
Mike Shannon, the St. Louis native who became the voice of his hometown team for 50 years, has died. He was 83. The team confirmed the news Sunday afternoon. Shannon was born and raised in St. Louis, graduating from CBC High School in 1957 and attended the University of Missouri for a year before signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958. He made his major league debut in 1962 and played his entire career with the Cardinals. After a nine-year career with two World Series championships, Shannon…
Sam Clancy

Cardinals legend Mike Shannon dies at 83

2 years 6 months ago
A World Series winner as a player and the big, booming voice of summer as a broadcaster, St. Louis native spent more than 50 years as a champion of Cardinals and baseball.
By Rick Hummel, Derrick Goold and Dan Caesar • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri AG faces criticism for dropping out of gambling lawsuit against highway patrol

2 years 6 months ago

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s decision to withdraw from a lawsuit against the state highway patrol has earned a sharp rebuke from his potential 2024 rivals, with candidates from both parties demanding he return campaign donations connected to companies suing the state. Bailey cited an unspecified conflict of interest for not being able to defend […]

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Jason Hancock

Beware of dangerous rip currents that threaten our government

2 years 6 months ago

On an almost daily basis we are confronted with the choice of continuing to believe in the role, value and integrity of our government or conclude that it is irretrievably broken. At a minimum we must seriously ask: Are we at risk of succumbing to what appears to be inherent and intransigent dishonesty and hypocrisy […]

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Janice Ellis