Sam Page

Attorneys for Page had argued that the wording of the indictment meant their client could not be certain what conduct prosecutors considered criminal acts.

The surprising decision means that St. Louis County will have its first race for the office without an incumbent in decades.

Members of the St. Louis County Council say the reductions more accurately reflect what departments spent in 2025 and will not harm services.

The council’s plan eliminates more than 300 positions that had been vacant for 12 months or more. Out-of-town travel and training are also off the table for 2026.

The Democratic county executive is facing charges related to a mailer sent out regarding Proposition B, which would have allowed the county council to fire his department heads.

The county council voted unanimously last week to override St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s veto, passing a bill that raises adoption fees at the shelter from $40 to $80.

Eligible residents can receive a $50,000 lump sum if they got sick after living, working or going to school near nuclear radiation in 21 Missouri ZIP codes added to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act by Congress over the summer.

The complaint is the second one Tom Sullivan has filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. The commission could not act on the first one because it lacked a quorum.

Demolition crews knocked down a problem property in the Castlepoint area, the first of more than 200 that St. Louis County officials have marked for teardown. The $11 million project aims to greatly reduce the number of abandoned, dangerous properties in north county neighborhoods.

The Democratic official is accused of illegally using county funds to campaign against a measure that would have given the St. Louis County Council the power to dismiss department heads.