MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Margie Phelps and her sister Paulette, left, hold up signs Thursday outside the St. Charles County Administration Building with the police standing between them and counter-protesters. St. Charles County has passed an ordinance banning protests at military funerals like those the Phelps family has staged.

A third scanner was moved to the St. Louis County Courts Building from the Justice Center last week. The new lane will be for employee use at peak times and should open Monday, said Sgt. Tony Coleman, Bureau of Security Services supervisor in St. Louis County. The same level of security will apply, Coleman said.

Santa Claus, aka St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Donald McCullin, offers Christmas books to ReShon Farmer, left, and his sister ReNyia at the annual Kids in Motion event at the Edward Jones Dome on Saturday. The charity event, which provided presents for more than 4,000 children, is co-sponsored by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Jefferson County Circuit Court judges applaud for Judge Lisa Page, at the court en banc meeting on Monday at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Hillsboro, after she was selected to be the first female presiding judge in Jefferson County history. Her husband, Ed Page, enjoys the event from the doorway. She will take the place of Judge Mark Stoll on Jan. 1.

Jessica Liss, left, president of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis, and Kathy Van Voorhees look over a list of auction items Tuesday at the association’s annual holiday party and charity auction. The event, held at Thompson Coburn’s downtown St. Louis office, raised money for Let’s Start, a nonprofit that helps newly released inmates with the transition to life on the outside.

Cast members spoof The Who’s “Tommy” in “Gridiron Wizard,” the opening number of the annual Gridiron song-and-dance revue put on by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis.
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U.S. Navy veteran Keevey Davis raises a new American flag Tuesday outside the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center with the help of fellow veterans Rodney Smith, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Gus Buttice, a deputy sheriff who served in the U.S. Army. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Jimmie Edwards gave a speech at the flag raising event to recognize employees of the Family Court who are veterans.

St. Louis County Circuit Judge Joseph L. Walsh III leans over to ask his wife Eileen for a kiss as she buttons his newly donned robe during Walsh’s swearing in ceremony Friday in the St. Louis County Courthouse. Walsh took over the position that was vacated by Larry Kendrick, who retired from the bench at the beginning of the year.

Attorney General Chris Koster’s website has a new feature aimed at helping consumers understand the foreclosure process and obtain certain paperwork, Koster announced at a press conference Monday in downtown St. Louis. The site includes descriptions of documents that homeowners can obtain from a loan servicer and a form letter asking a lender to provide documents related to a person’s mortgage.

Election clerks at the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners, 300 N. Tucker Blvd., conduct “logic and accuracy tests” Friday on voting equipment.