Michael Gras News Today

BENTON – St. Louis County attorney Michael Gras sued Madison County for former employee Janice Koehler last December, but didn’t serve the complaint until Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert caught his attention.

Although the primaries mattered in nine of the 15 races contested Tuesday night, turnout was less than 13%.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Illinois — A gunman who killed himself after fatally shooting a co-worker and critically injuring a police officer in Dupo on Sunday was also convicted of killing

EAST ST. LOUIS – U. S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty decided not to exclude testimony of Flora school board’s expert psychiatrist Alexander Rose, who overheard conversation between a lawyer and a son of a client.

Board Bill No. 119 was passed 15-8 at the board's regular meeting. It calls for doubling the pay for city aldermen from $37,400 to $72,000 per year.

Starting next session, aldermen would make $72,000. They currently earn $36,000. The measure should get a final vote next Friday.

EAST ST. LOUIS – Madison County employees taunted and harassed former map and plat technician Janice Koehler according to a suit Michael Gras of Brentwood, Mo. filed in U.S. district court on Dec. 12.

The 17th Ward alderwoman, whose friend gave her the nickname “Sweet T,” joined Politically Speaking to talk about equitable development, efforts to reduce opioid overdoses and a varied athletic and professional career.

EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty decided not to enter default judgment against Flora’s school board as punishment for their expert psychiatrist listening to a plaintiff through a door.

Gras will fill the position Heather Navarro vacated in January. Navarro resigned due to a conflict of interest with her new job.