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Missouri governor pardons couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters By Caroline Linton August 3, 2021 / 7:39 PM / CBS News Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Tuesday pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who were seen in a viral photograph waving guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in June 2020. The couple pleaded guilty to misdemeanor gun charges in June, although Mark McCloskey announced in May that he would be running for U.S. Senate. Parson issued 12 pardons and two commutations on Tuesday, including the McCloskeys. According to CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV, Patricia McCloskey had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000. Her husband, Mark McCloskey, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. They had also agreed to give up the weapons they used during the incident.
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Published January 13, 2021 at 4:29 PM CST Listen Ever since it opened in 1997, Cooper House has prided itself on offering a vibrant quality of life to people who are unable to live independently as a result of HIV/AIDS. The residential facility, located in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood, typically serves 36 individuals. But in 2020, that community dwindled to 27 people. “We have lost some people,” explained Pat Plumley, chief program director for Doorways, the local nonprofit that operates Cooper House. “We have not had anybody move in in the last six months, and we’ve had people move out.” Doorways Cooper House serves people living with HIV/AIDS.
David Kovaluk / St. Louis Public Radio Originally published on December 16, 2020 9:26 am A draft of a new jobs plan for the St. Louis metropolitan area is drawing early criticism. Greater St. Louis Inc., an organization that officially will launch in January merging five economic development groups, released a draft of the STL 2030 Jobs Plan earlier this month for public comment. The organization will collect feedback until the end of January. The jobs plan, commissioned by Civic Progress, focuses heavily on a strategy to beef up the region’s core in an “inclusive” way that also reduces racial disparities in income and wealth.