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The importance of voting, not just in presidential elections but also local ones, was emphasized to young women during an informative Voter Education Program at Girls Inc. on Saturday April

Former mayor Barry Greenberg mounted a write-in campaign on April 6 that easily ousted one-term incumbent Nikylan Knapper, who beat Greenberg in 2021.

Shana Jones, former Maplewood council member and a convicted felon, has been charged with forging a lease agreement and filing false election papers.

Nikylan Knapper was soundly defeated in the April 2 balloting, falling to former Mayor Barry Greenbergs write-in campaign by an almost 2-to-1 margin.

Last week, Maplewood voters overwhelmingly rejected three incumbents and a progressive proposition, one of the starkest examples in the region of residents seeking change at the polls.

As the dust settles from Tuesday’s races in the Missouri General Municipal Election, there's been a rise in the trend of write-in candidates from races big to small.

And taxes on sales of recreational marijuana were approved in Jefferson County and in five St. Louis County cities.

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — There were a couple major upsets in some St. Louis County elections thanks to write-in votes. In Maplewood, former Mayor Barry Greenberg made a comeback victory over incumbent Mayor Nikylan Knapper, winning 63-percent of the vote. Knapper unseated Greenberg in 2021. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Greenberg entered the race after […]

Voters also will decide numerous races for seats on city councils, boards of aldermen and school boards across the Missouri side of the metro area.

Proposed ordinance introduced Tuesday would, for the first time, create a process for handling ethics complaints against people appointed to Maplewood boards.