Updated: 9:02 PM CDT August 3, 2021
ST. LOUIS St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Attorney General to prosecute three high-profile death penalty cases – a move that comes amid increasing criticism of how her office is handling cases.
The cases include Cornelius Green, a former St. Louis public school principal who has been accused of hiring a hitman to kill his pregnant girlfriend, a third-grade teacher in March 2016.
Green’s friend, Phillip Cutler, has also been charged with first-degree for the fatal shooting of Jocelyn Peters. Peters was seven months pregnant when she was killed in her Central West End apartment. Prosecutors from Gardner’s office filed a motion to have a special prosecutor assigned to Cutler’s case as well.
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Briargate residents will likely see a question on the November ballot to ensure that everyone within the neighborhood pays an equal share of property taxes for maintenance of public spaces, such as medians and parks.
The current special improvement maintenance district for Briargate taxes many, but not all, property owners within the neighborhood about $100 a year to cover maintenance costs of about 70 irrigated acres and some additional properties. If approved, a new general improvement district would be created to replace the existing one and include an additional 2,268 properties that are currently in the neighborhood but not taxed. The problem has existed in the neighborhood for decades.
Heavy machinery dug into the ground to repair a sinkhole that opened Sunday evening at an intersection in a residential community near Briargate.
North Union Boulevard between Alberta Falls and Tochal Drive remained closed Tuesday while crews repaired the road. Residents in Bradley Ranch, a community off Tochal Road, still had access to their neighborhood but residents off Sky Pond Lane said the closure added several minutes to their commute time.
The private owner of the road, La Plata Communities, continued to investigate the cause of the sinkhole after Colorado Springs Utilities ruled out water and sewage pipes as the source of the issue.
A group of local investors recently bought the Union Printers Home near Memorial Park for $18.5 million to revitalize and preserve the property.
Seven local families bought the 26-acre campus at 101 South Union Boulevard at the end of June and expect to renovate the buildings, although they have not settled on a development plan for the property yet, said Susan Pattee, a member of the ownership group.
Pattee s mother, Kathy Loo, a former Colorado Springs city councilmember and philanthropist, and her brother, James Loo, are also part of the group, along with the O Neil Group and All Pro Capital, both local companies, she said. The group bought the property as UPH Partners.