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Report: Layoffs Coming to St. Louis County

Significant layoffs are coming to St. Louis County due to budget cuts. More than two dozen employees in the park and public works departments are losing their jobs, and that's not all. 

St. Vincent Park on St. Charles Rock Road has one of St. Louis County's three public pools. All three pools will now be shutting two weeks earlier this summer because of the cutbacks. But clearly the job losses are a big blow.

The layoffs are the culmination of a budget battle that started last year when County Executive Charlie Dooley threatened to close nearly two dozen county parks, including Lone Elk Park and eliminate close to 175 jobs.

Now the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that Dooley said Wednesday he is laying off 20 full time employees in the Parks Department and six in public works.

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Police Capture Serial Bank Robber Nicknamed The 'Logo Bandit'

Mexico, Missouri resident Bryon J. Gullion has been arrested. He is suspected of being a serial bank robber also known as the 'Logo Bandit'. The nickname came from logos found on his baseball caps, used during his bank robberies in the St. Louis area.

Gullion is charged with first degree robbery and is being held on $50,000 cash bond at the St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton.

He was taken in to custody, after further investigation of the January 17th Jefferson Bank and Trust robbery in the Southfield Center. Using information from the Richmond Heights Police Department, authorities were able to identify the bank robbery suspect and affect an arrest of Bryon Gullion, in the 7000 block of Glades in Richmond Heights.

Gullion is still being investigated for additional bank robberies and may be charged with those robberies at a future date.

Family, Friends Say Goodbye to Jerry Clinton

Family and friends gathered Tuesday to pay their final respects to St. Louis businessman Jerry Clinton.  The 74-year old died January 18, 2012 after a five year battle with cancer.

During a funeral mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Lindell Blvd. Clinton was described as generous, shrewd, tough and kind.  "Jerry lived the American dream," said his friend, sportscaster Joe Buck.  He fought his way from poverty to wealth beginning with an entry level job for Anheuser Busch and eventually owning one of the most successful beer distributorships in the firm's history, Grey Eagle Distributing.

That success gave him opportunities.  Monsignor John Shamleffer, who delivered the homily and celebrated Mass, said the word "love" epitomized Clinton.  "Jerry took blessings he had and was able to touch so many people," Monsignor Shamleffer said.

City Firefighters Sue Suburban School Districts Over Enrolling Students

This is the latest salvo in an escalating war over city kids being able to enroll in suburban schools. Both Missouri law and the Missouri Supreme Court say the suburban schools must take the city kids. And so far, all the suburban districts are refusing.

The firefighters are suing the Lindbergh, Kirkwood and Webster Groves schools. They say state law gives them the right to transfer their children to those districts as long as the city schools are unaccredited and have the city schools pay for it. Suburban schools say they don't have the space or the teachers to handle a tsunami of kids from the city schools. And while firefighters have both a state law and a state Supreme Court ruling on their side; the entire issue of city children in suburban schools is on hold until a lower court reviews the whole thing.

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Quirky Kirkwood Home Preservation Turning Heads

A Kirkwood, Missouri neighborhood is buzzing over an expansion project underway on an historic home. It is a state of disrepair that is done very much by design. What is being done, is raising Sean Barnett's historic home and adding about 1,700 square feet of new living space underneath.

Visitation, Funeral Mass This Week for Jerry Clinton

Friends and family will gather Monday and Tuesday to say goodbye to local businessman and philanthropist Jerry Clinton.  He died last week of liver cancer at the age of 74. Clinton started the Guns 'n Hoses boxing benefit for Backstoppers and helped bring the Rams to St. Louis.

Visitation is from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Bopp Chapel. The funeral mass is at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral Basilica. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Backstoppers or Child Center Marygrove.

Try Someplace New During Clayton Restaurant Week

Starting Monday, 20 Clayton fine dining restaurants will be participating in the 3rd Annual Clayton Restaurant Week. Simply attend the participating restaurant of your choice January 23rd – 29th and select from a special 3-course dinner menu or $25 per person, plus tip, plus tax.

Click here for more information and to see participating restaurants.