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A recent report by the U.S. Marshal’s Service Judicial Security Division showed a number of deficiencies in security at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The primary tenants at the courthouse are the six circuit and six associate circuit courts, circuit clerk’s ...

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Cesar Arnulfo Miranda Martinez, 23, plead guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Terry Huighe, 45, of Barnhart in May 2007. A two-week jury trial had been scheduled to begin June 15, but instead ...

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A bill that is expected to be signed into law will drastically affect the city of Arnold’s storm water utility program. The program was established in June 2005, in response to federal pollution control regulations, to provide maintenance for the ...

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Kevin J. Butler argues he might have walked free had he been able to use the self-defense theory and been allowed to testify on his own behalf at his trial. That was the message his attorney submitted in briefs to ...

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A former Major League Baseball player has traded in his baseball glove for bowling shoes. Brian Boehringer, 40, plans to build a bowling alley in the northwest part of Jefferson County. Boehringer, of Fenton, pitched for the New York Yankees, ...

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Municipalities have a difficult time ridding or restricting certain types of businesses once they become established. Most attempts to limit payday lenders and adult-oriented businesses end up in court, and the businesses often prevail. The city of Arnold tried to pass ...

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A new state law taking effect July 1 aims to keep drunken drivers off the road by requiring repeat offenders to install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles before their license will be reinstated. An ignition interlock device is a ...

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Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City may once again have a surgery center that will be even larger than the one that was closed in 2007. The new surgery center would increase the current building’s size by 9,000 to ...

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In accordance with the Federal Clean Water Act, Jefferson County is taking steps to protect and improve water quality. The county plans to study all 13 of its watersheds to identify pollutant sources and better management practices and establish an ...

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A Boone County jury handed down a defense verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit against a doctor and a hospital. James Koerkenmeier went to St. Mary’s Health Center in Jefferson City in February 2005, where he underwent an incision and ...

The “most progressive city councils since the city’s inception” was the way the former Arnold Mayor Mark Powell described the group of eight individuals who served on the councils during the time when the city added a recreation center, a ...

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