A St. Louis County judge found Lewis Greenberg guilty of two Ballwin ordinance violations due to his lawnwide encompassing sculpture made of reusable products. But the trial might not be the end of Greenberg’s dispute with the city. Associate Circuit ...

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The old saying of "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is at the center of a St. Louis-area municipal dispute over a yard sculpture. Ballwin resident Lewis Greenberg has been fighting the municipality since 2007 over his lawnwide encompassing sculpture made of reusable products, which he claims is art. But that isn't how the municipality sees it, arguing that the sculpture is a danger to public safety. Greenberg's bench trial is scheduled for Thursday in St. Louis County Circuit Court.

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Longtime Ballwin Prosecutor George Richard “Dick” Fox, who is facing federal charges of possession of child pornography, resigned for “personal reasons,” Mayor Tim Pogue announced Thursday. He pleaded not guilty at his Aug. 10 arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas ...

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