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Wednesday Jul 1 | www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

POLICE CHIEF FIRED

Alderman Kindred believes Mayor is a major part of Police Department inadequacies After a seven-hour hearing last Tuesday evening (June 23), Elsberry’s Police Chief Sam Steward was terminated. The 4-2 (Aye: Boswell, Harper, Kindred and Mahurin; Nay: Copeland and Gladney) decision came after the motion was moved by Alderman Bob Kindred and seconded by Bill Boswell.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Chief Steward Terminated

After last night's hearing a 4-2 decision was made to immediately terminate Elsberry's Police Cheif, Sam Steward. This decision came after the motion was moved by Alderman Bob Kindred and seconded by Sherill Edelen. The hearing that started at 7 p.m., went on until a decision was finally reached around 2 a.m. this morning.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

School District special use permit approved; No fireworks on 4th; Citizens rally for Police Chief

After weeks of discussion and hearings the decision was finally made by the City of Elsberry’s Board of Alderman to approve a Special Use Permit requested by the Elsberry R-II School District at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 9. The permit, requested by the district to build a bus barn located on the property formerly known as the Khoury League Ball fields was approved.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

NET team seeks fugitive from Elsberry, Travis Davis

On Tuesday, May 19, the Lincoln County Narcotic Enforcement Team (NET) investigated a possible methamphetamine lab in the area of the 500 block of South Ridge Road. At that time, detectives located two individuals, who were actively manufacturing methamphetamine. While attempting to make the arrest, one suspect, identified as Travis W. Davis, 29, of Elsberry, escaped from the scene in a motor vehicle.

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Sun May 31, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Remains of Matt Higginbotham's mother were found after a 17-year mystery.

Sixteen years after his mother's mysterious disappearance, Matt Higginbotham decided it was finally time to burn some of the things she left behind.

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Fri May 15, 2009

MyFox St. Louis

Reported Tornado Touch Down in Lincoln County

The National Weather Service has reported a possible tornado on the ground near Elsberry, Missouri.

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Fri May 08, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Husband charged in pike county murder

A skeleton of a woman found last October, in Pike County has been identified as a former Elsberry woman who went missing 17 years ago and her husband has been charged with her murder.

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Thu May 07, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Husband charged in murder of St. Chas woman

The husband of a St. Charles woman who was missing nearly 17 years before her body was discovered was charged Thursday with her murder, authorities said.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lincoln County: Body by mushroom hunters identified

A body found by mushroom hunters was identified Thursday as Jackie Noel, 28, of St.

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Wed Apr 22, 2009

CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV

Arsonist Incinerates Van In Elsberry

A woman drove from her home in Arkansas to Elsberry to celebrate her grandson's 10th birthday.

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Fri Apr 17, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

ADJOURNED: Elsberry City Council meeting ends abruptly after Aldermen sworn in

Ashley Holton, Reporter In a meeting that was reminiscent of a three-ring circus or a sporting event, the almost 100 guests present at last night’s Elsberry City Council Meeting ooh-ed, ahh-ed and challenged calls made by the council members. A round of applause could be heard on one side or the other as the events of the evening unfolded in the City Hall with a crowd that left standing room only.

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Tue Apr 14, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Firefighters pull stolen car from river

Ashley Holton, Reporter 4-14-2009 The Elsberry Fire Department recovered a stolen car Easter Sunday in the Mississippi River at the Highway P access. No one was inside the 90’s model white Pontiac Grand Am that was reportedly stolen from the St. Charles area.

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ChowHound

report: Elsberry MO

I was very impressed by the 4th Street Fountain in Elsberry. It is a carefully restored soda fountain on Broadway - Broadway is perpendicular to Missouri Route 79 along the Mississippi.

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Wed Apr 08, 2009

CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV News

St. Louis County man acquitted of murder has rape charges dropped

A judge has dismissed rape charges against a St. Louis County man already acquitted in the 1991 murder of a Lincoln County woman.

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Wed Mar 18, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Flood Recovery crews help clean up Elsberry

Crews have been busy for the last five months helping clean up in communities up and down the Mississippi River region in Lincoln County. About a dozen men from the Flood Recovery Program have been working in Elsberry since last October assisting with flood cleanup, removing sandbags, brush and debris.

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www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Sidewalk ramp not ADA compliant, city says it must go

The Elsberry City Sidewalk project was completed this past summer and issues still surround the ramp installed in front of a business along Broadway. Ann Marshall and her husband Jim of The Dawg House Bar and Grill spoke to the Elsberry City Council on Tuesday, March 10 regarding issues surrounding the sidewalk in front of her bar.

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PERFECT SCORE: Eleventh straight year School District receives 100% Bus Inspection Score

The Elsberry School District’s transportation department has earned a perfect score on its annual inspection of the school bus fleet for the 11th year in a row.

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Tue Mar 10, 2009

www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Winds cause major damage over the weekend

The Elsberry Democrat, Ashley Holton, Reporter 3/10/2009 .

Fast-moving storms and straight-line winds caused major damage in several areas of Elsberry on Sunday

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www.elsberrydemocrat.com | BloggerGirl

Fed up with City's lack of progress, resident fills potholes himself

The Elsberry Democrat, Ashley Holton- Reporter

Fed-up with the increasing number of potholes and Alliance's lack of progress one man has stepped forward ...

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Mon Mar 09, 2009

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Photo Gallery: Severe weather damages summer homes in Elsberry

Many homeowners in the Elsberry area are beginning the long process of cleaning up today.

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