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Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul Temporarily Reinstated After Bizarre Impeachment Trial

According to his foes, Adam Paul, the 32-year-old mayor of Ellisville, gave the city many legitimate reasons to oust him. The most colorful one -- which his critics later backed off of, in part because it seems they didn't have a lot of proof -- was that he was drinking vodka on the job. Ever since ... More >>

Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul Takes Lie Detector Test to Prove He Didn't Drink Vodka On the Job

Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul, according to a lie detector test he took, did not drink vodka at city hall -- but given the long list of allegations he is facing from city officials trying to impeach him, he could probably use a drink. The accusations from city officials include cursing, drinking at m ... More >>

Tea Party favorite Ed Martin has some explaining to do

Ed Martin Denies Disparaging Former Elections Worker; We've Got the Tape

Photo by Jennifer SilverbergEd Martin, 2010 Congressional candidate can't recall what he told us​For an attorney and Congressional hopeful, Ed Martin sure has a funky memory. The Tea Party favorite can't seem to get his story straight when it comes to Jeanne Bergfeld, whom he fired from the St. Lo ... More >>

Mark Robbins took on the Missouri State Highway Patrol and won. So why's he still pissed?

Ed Martin Sued by Former Board of Elections Employee for Comments in RFT

​Four years ago, Jeannie Bergfeld, who was once a high-ranking former employee at the city's bipartisan board of elections, filed suit against its two commissioners and then-chairman Ed Martin. (Y'all know Ed -- he's the conservative sparkplug now running for Congress against Russ Carnahan, and is ... More >>

Tea Party Crasher: Hard-charging Ed Martin wants to win your vote — and Russ Carnahan's congressional seat

Junkyard Owner Strikes it Rich Courtesy of St. Louis Officials, Busch Stadium

Opal's Salvage Yard lied just south of the Old Rock House at Seventh and Hickory.​Chalk one up for the little man. Or in this case the little woman. Yesterday a St. Louis jury awarded 80-year-old Opal Henderson $1,009,000 after the city took her junkyard in 2008 through eminent domain. Henderson a ... More >>

Family of Slain Kirkwood Councilwoman Connie Karr Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Whelan Security

UPDATED at 5:05 p.m. with comments from Whelan Security.Image viaConnie Karr ​The spouse and daughter of Kirkwood Councilwoman Connie Karr, who was shot at a city council meeting on February 7, 2008, filed a wrongful death lawsuit last Friday against Whelan Security Company and one of its guards. ... More >>

Federal Judge Dismisses Case Against Arnold's Red-Light Cameras

 It's been several months since I last wrote about red-light cameras. Frankly, I was a bit bored with the subject. Still am.Yes, tickets from the cameras can seem a bit unfair (especially when you're unaware you even ran a light or, worse, turned right on red). And, yes, the cameras seem to be ... More >>

Kevin Slaten's Head Is About to Explode: The exiled sports-talk radio ranter needs to get some things off his chest

Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras

Dead Reckoning

Police and prosecutors say they know who brutally murdered Cassandra Kovack. But no one has answered the question: Why?

Bill's Bills

The St. Louis school board might have to pony up for the defense in Roberti v. Haas

Shot in the Act

Two off-duty St. Louis County cops. One dangerous game.

For the Defense

Terry Niehoff, one of the city's top criminal-defense lawyers, makes his money the old-fashioned way -- he earns it, one client at a time

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Assessment fiasco has politicians howling for county assessor's head -- but is he really to blame?

Nothing a Few Thousand Sit-ups Wouldn't Cure

A candidate for St. Louis sheriff wants things shaped up on his watch; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

FORWARD BY UNPOPULAR DEMAND

Dodson murder case is one for the middle of the road