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| photo by Ursula Ruhl After a tense town hall meeting and postponement of a vote, a citizen committee will now help the Warson Woods Board of Aldermen decide whether or not to merge the city’s police services with Glendale. Warson Woods Mayor Larry Howe floated the idea of a citizen committee during the regular board of aldermen meeting on Tuesday, April 20, requesting that the conversation remain civil and respectful. The request followed much discourse on social media community pages, a...

| photo by Ursula Ruhl During a spirited town hall meeting on Wednesday that lasted more than three hours and was plagued with technical difficulties, dozens of Warson Woods residents told city officials they oppose the city’s plan to merge its police services with that of Glendale. Warson Woods and Glendale have partnered on fire/emergency medical services and dispatching services for over 50 years. The new proposal being considered would merge also merge Warson Woods’ police service...