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By Lexi Lonas - 04/23/21 02:38 PM EDT   Attorneys are hoping to get a delay in a St. Louis criminal case after multiple jurors tested positive for the coronavirus. Jury selection began a week ago for a death penalty case against Eric Lawson, who is accused of killing three people, The Associated Press reported on Friday. Lawson’s attorneys are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to delay the trial after Circuit Judge Michael Noble denied their continuance request on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Lawson is accused of shooting and killing Breiana Ray and Gwendolyn Ray in 2012 and then startin...

Updated: 3:48 PM CDT April 23, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday declined to pause a capital murder trial for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby boy, despite two positive COVID-19 tests for potential jurors who had appeared in court. The court's one-sentence ruling was issued two days after attorneys for Eric Lawson requested a two-week delay, citing concerns that coronavirus infections could spread to other potential jurors, trial staff and lawyers. Jury selection began last week. Lawson is accused of fatally shoot...

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cnelson@thealpenanews.com Courtesy Photo Alpena High School Teacher Amy Brownridge, second from the left, talks with students in her classroom in November. Brownridge, and her colleague Bill Bright, are developing a project based learning course Perspectives of Democracy. ALPENA — A newly proposed project based learning course — Perspectives of Democracy — will go before the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education for approval on Monday. The board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee on Tuesday recommended the proposed course move to the board for approval after hearing from two te...

A murder trial has again begun for a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and setting a fire that killed his own infant son.