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Sometimes I just don’t understand why public records cost so much when the public wants to get a copy of them.

We recently asked for a copy of a Kirkwood police arrest report. There was a conviction so there’s no question…

Two callers objected to the top headline on Saturday’s front page — “KIRKWOOD RAMPAGE ON TAPE”

Inside the tabloid edition, the story on A5 carried these headlines:

“One minute, 32 seconds”

“Prosecutor releases tape recounting mayhem at City Hall.”

One caller accused us of trying…

I received three calls objecting to Sunday’s detailed look at the troubled life of Cookie Thornton, whose shootings at Kirkwood City Hall on Feb. 7 ended with six dead, including Thornton.

(The three-level headline read: Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton. BEHIND THE…