Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Hazelwood Police said the man burglarized St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church and Hazelwood Baptist Church two times each.
A man broke into two Hazelwood churches two times each and stole items, police said. Nelson Thomas, 18, of the 600 block of Holiday Avenue, was charged Thursday with four counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of felony stealing, one count of misdemeanor stealing and first-degree property damage. (Get instant news updates. Like Hazelwood Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.) Hazelwood Police said Thomas broke into St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church at 615 Dunn Road on Jan. 1 and stole five Hershey bars and soda. Officers said Thomas also broke into St. Martin de Porres on Dec. 30 and stole a laptop computer and an iPod Touch. He also is charged with breaking into Hazelwood Baptist Church at 6161 Howdershell Road twice …
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Under a new St. Louis County ordinance, banks will have to participate in formal mediation before foreclosing on a home.
A new St. Louis County Council ordinance sponsored by Hazel Erby, D-University City, would require a formal mediation between banks and lenders before foreclosing on a home in St. Louis County. The measure was approved 5-2 Tuesday along party lines. The council's Republican members, Colleen Wasinger of Town and Country and Greg Quinn of Ballwin voted against the measure. Erby, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was thrilled with the passage of the ordinance. "If we can keep some families from experiencing the heartache of foreclosure, then this (bill) will be a success," she said. The bill is designed to slow the rate of foreclosures in the area. According to St. Louis Public Radio, lenders believe the county is overreaching its …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Councilman Steve Stenger disagrees with the allocation for St. Louis County Parks as County Executive Charlie Dooley’s budget office reduces funding for the department.
The St. Louis County Parks Department is still $500,000 in the red despite laying off 20 employees and increasing revenue by $193,780. Those numbers were presented to the St. Louis County Council Tuesday in a plan meant to make the parks department more efficient. Acting Parks Director Tom Ott created a business plan that outlined a strategy to keep parks providing the basic services while reducing costs. The plan comes seven months after County Executive Charlie Dooley proposed closing 23 parks and laying off more than 100 employees because of a budget crisis. Early budget projections showed a $10 million deficit, according to the county executive. *At the end of the year, the county received unexpected revenues, leaving the parks open. …
Monday, July 23, 2012
The Parks Department will present a business plan to the St. Louis County Council after being the center of the 2012 budget discussion.
St. Louis County officials will hear a business plan for the Parks Department seven months after County Executive Charlie Dooley first threatened to close 23 county parks and lay off more than 170 employees, citing a budget crisis. The meeting will take place Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the St. Louis County Council conference room at 41 South Central Avenue in Clayton. Members of the county council—led by then-chairman Steve Stenger (D-Affton)—vehemently opposed Dooley’s initial 2012 budget proposal and questioned his office’s claim of a $10 million deficit. Parks activists also protested the closures, leading to several petitions and a rally outside county headquarters in Clayton. After forming a special budget committee, the council and …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Clayton Farmer's Market manager Deb Henderson has asked for a review of the bill's wording on liability, dogs and operating days.
If fresh vegetables, fruit and homegrown products is a preference, setting standards for farmers markets is easily understood. Even though there isn't one in the City of Hazelwood, Ferguson Farmers Market is just a few miles away. Hazelwood is also home to a few farms including Schroeder Sod Farm. A vote on a proposed St. Louis County farmers market bill has been postponed so the County Council can review changes proposed by Clayton's market manager. The council has been reviewing the issue for months in cooperation with market officials and the St. Louis County Department of Health. In a letter dated March 23, Deb Henderson of the Clayton Farmer's Market wrote that the wording of the bill is problematic because it will: The council had …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The economy and parks are high on his agenda for 2012.
Michael O’Mara (D-Florissant), District 4 was elected the new St. Louis County Council chair in the first council meeting of 2012. He takes the helm from Steve Stenger (D-Affton), the councilman for District 6. Kathleen Burkett (D-Overland), District 2, is now the vice chair. O’Mara is a Florissant native, and has been on the council since 2000. He was the chair, last, in 2007. He was an All-American soccer player before playing professionally in Kansas City and St. Louis. He joined the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562, and is currently an international representative for the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Sprinklerfitters. O’Mara’s priorities for St. Louis County for the year are all about the economy. He said in a …
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
A special budget committee met Monday to look at the 2012 recommended St. Louis County budget.
The St. Louis County Council believes the recommended budget could be more accurately estimated to close a $26 million shortfall originally projected for 2012. “We just feel with the history the way the budget is estimated that we can get through this and we’re going to have a sound, balanced budget next year,” said District 4 County Councilman Mike O’Mara. “We just think the estimates will come in in our favor to help out next year’s budget." O’Mara said he thought the budget could be balanced through attrition without majorly affecting any department— holding back on positions that are funded and not filling those positions. The county’s Chief Operating Officer Garry Earls and his department created the forecast that generates figures …
Monday, November 14, 2011
County Executive Charlie Dooley said he hopes all the parks can be kept open through partnerships with the municipalities, welfare groups and the state.
Leaders of St. Louis-based the Open Space Council have organized a Rally to Save the Parks at the the St. Louis County Council meeting Tuesday to protest a proposed 2012 county budget which cuts 133 park jobs and closes 23 county parks. The rally is set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of the St. Louis County Government Building, 41 S. Central Avenue in Clayton. “Selling parkland is not the answer to budget shortfalls. Loss of parks means a significantly lower quality of life for all St. Louis residents,” said Brittany Barton, project manager for the Open Space Council. Barton said it has been suggested the county's parklands would be sold to the highest bidders. "Selling parkland is an irreversible act, and the Open Space Council is …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The change of course appears to have cooled tensions between St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley and members of the St. Louis County Council.
A schism between St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley and members of the St. Louis County Council appears to have been averted. Roughly two weeks after the Democratic county executive appeared ready to increase property taxes in order provide raises for county employees and avoid layoffs, Dooley indicated that he had put the kibosh on the proposal. “I think that’s off the table for right now,” Dooley said during his report to the council. It happened during the council's Tuesday meeting at the Lawrence K. Roos Government Building in Clayton. The proposal to raise property taxes by 2.3 cents sparked an antagonistic reaction from council members, including Democrats such as County Council President Steve Stenger (D-Unincorporated St. …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The increase would fund raises for county employees. County Executive Dooley warns that layoffs could be the result without the funding.
St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley this week defended his call to raise property taxes, even as he may be facing a revolt from members of the County Council. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch first reported that Dooley wants to raise property taxes by roughly 2.3 cents, which he said would generate $8.6 million over the next couple of years. Dooley told the Post-Dispatch that the move would provide raises to county employees who haven’t seen a pay increase in nearly three years. At a Monday grand opening of a St. Louis Community College building in Florissant, Dooley defended his proposal. He said that option is preferable to cutting county employees loose. “These are very difficult times, I recognize that, there’s no question about it,” …
Candace Jarrett
10:03 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I don't know Rachel but either way, if this were my 'career' path I would still be terribly afraid to rob a church. I mean it's a church! Jesus' house of worship. It's unfortunate this young person chose this life path and even more unfortunate the churchs wound up as victims. more ›