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Two former clerks for the city have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing close to $663,000 dollars in city funds.

The two women are accused of diverting more than $650,000 over six years to personal uses, including rent, back taxes and gambling. The annual city budget is $450,000.

For six years, Maureen Woodson, 68, and Donna Thompson, 75, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the town, according to a federal grand jury indictment.

The subpoenas requested "any and all records" relating to COVID-19 pandemic grants or loans for 14 businesses but did not say why the documents were being sought.

Page vowed to "defer" to Goldsmith's judgment, but suggested sharing those with the public could "interfere" with the investigation.

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Three former aldermen caught in a bribery scheme, according to federal indictment

Federal prosecutors have charged a St. Louis County jail administrator and previous County Council legislative assistant with federal wire charges in a COVID-19 relief kickback scheme.  Tony Weaver, 63, was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hatching a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief funds for a local business person in exchange for a share of the...

A former assistant to a county councilwoman and current jail administrator has been charged in an attempted COVID relief kickback plan.

Though speculation had grown in recent weeks that Collins-Muhammad faced federal charges after his sudden resignation from the Board of Aldermen on May 12, citing "mistakes" and a "tough" few weeks ahead, the indictment of Reed and Boyd, two of the board's longest-serving and most powerful members, came as a surprise to many. Both Reed and Boyd have been key players...