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Webster Officials Want Schnucks Held Accountable For Flood Issues
A decades-old land-use agreement between Webster Groves and Schnuck Markets could become entangled in a legal battle, city officials said last week. For years, the city has tried unsuccessfully to enlist the grocer’s help to mitigate residential flooding on East Jackson Road where runoff is diverted from the Schnucks parking lot.
Settlement gives pandemic remote workers tax refund from City of St. Louis
(The Center Square) – Taxpayers who worked remotely during the pandemic and paid earnings taxes to the City of St. Louis are eligible for a refund, according to a settlement. Attorneys Bevis Schock and Mark Milton announced the settlement on Friday, ending a three-year legal battle. They represented six plaintiffs who worked remotely during the […]
St. Louis jail is keeping attorneys from clients, attorneys say. 'Flabbergasting,' one says.
ST. LOUIS — Defense attorneys say the city jail is blocking access to clients and shirking a judge’s order to ensure communication between inmates and their lawyers. The city’s top public defender said he waited hours last week to meet with a client in the middle of a trial. Another lawyer said he got the runaround from corrections officers and police while trying to meet with a man who had been recently arrested. Jail employees have also refused to follow a judge’s order allowing attorneys to pass paper evidence and forms to their clients, lawyers say.
Faith leaders vow to continue fight for women’s rights after St. Louis court ruling
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KCTV) - Faith leaders in Missouri and their legal team have vowed to continue to fight for women’s rights after a St. Louis judge denied the law violated the separation of church and state. The legal team that represents 14 Missouri faith leaders who challenged the...
St. Louis All Local PM: State Auditor talks about Kim Gardner
St. Louis All Local PM: State Auditor talks about Kim Gardner. The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team. A nine year old boy, riding his bike in O’Fallon Missouri died after being hit by a car.
New renderings of Gateway South project show what development could look like
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- It’s been almost two years since plans were announced to revitalize a normally overlooked part of the St. Louis riverfront. Just south of the Arch sits Chouteau’s Landing. The $1.2 billion Gateway South development will change the entire landscape of the area. There are new renderings of what the future project will look like.
Funding shortfall delays St. Louis County's senior tax freeze program
The You Paid For It Team makes it into the debate at the St Louis County Council over the property tax freeze for senior citizens. Unlike other communities, the effort in St. Louis County to give seniors a break on their property taxes has been stalled.
Army Corps finds soil contaminated under some St. Louis-area homes, but no health risk
The Army Corps of Engineers has determined that soil is contaminated beneath some suburban St. Louis homes near a creek where nuclear waste was dumped decades ago, but the contamination isn't enough to pose a health risk.Soil beneath six homes at the Cades Cove subdivision in Florissant "will not need to be remediated,” Robin Parks, a lead engineer for the St. Louis District of the Corps, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday. “That’s how we say something is clean, in simple terms.”The Corps announced in March it was taking soil samples from the properties that sit near Coldwater...
Weeklong Juneteenth celebrations kick off in St. Louis
St. Louis celebrates Juneteenth from June 15th to June 20th with a variety of events including a 5K Race for Reconciliation, a Vendor Fair, and an Evening Celebration, as well as free entertainment and activities for all ages.
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