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03.13.2009 9:03 pm

Drying out drunk drivers

Arnold "Jay" Jackson III and Tawanda L. Jackson were killed by a drunk driver on Illinois Route 255. Dawn Majors | Post-Dispatch

Arnold "Jay" Jackson III and Tawanda L. Jackson were killed by a drunk driver on Illinois Route 255. Dawn Majors | Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis community was rocked by two shockingly similar car crashes last month. The crashes killed five people, destroyed…

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01.11.2009 9:03 pm

Advice for new judicial selection commissioners

In November, voters in Greene County, which encompasses most of metropolitan Springfield, Mo., decided to abandon the practice of electing circuit court judges in partisan elections. County voters opted to join the state’s Non-Partisan Merit Selection Court Plan, known as…

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11.20.2008 9:00 pm

Greene County knows how to pick judges

An Election Day story with a happy ending has received little coverage in this part of the state. It deserves more.

On Nov. 4, voters in Greene County — the state’s 31st Judicial Circuit — approved a…

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