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At one point, City Manager Robert Betts was offered the post without an official vote, according to documents and e-mails obtained by the BND.
EAST ST. LOUIS - The City of East St. Louis, seeking more than $3 billion in fines from Monsanto for contamination from its operation in Sauget, plans to seek damages, too.
The former employee has pleaded not guilty.
OTTAWA - St. Clair County Associate Judge Tameeka Purchase committed error when she dismissed a misdemeanor charge that Belleville lawyer David Cates drove under the influence, Third District appellate judges ruled on Dec. 5.
EAST ST. LOUIS - Soil samples that prompted East St. Louis to cite Monsanto for ordinance tickets worth billions of dollars no longer exist, and Monsanto claims the destruction of evidence should end the case.