Who is Kim Gardner? A look at the St. Louis circuit attorney
Kimberly Gardner is the first Black person to hold the role of St. Louis circuit attorney. She was first elected in 2016. A brief look at her career and controversies. Video by Beth O'Malley
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By day's end, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that Gardner had until noon Thursday to resign. "If she refuses, she will face immediate removal proceedings," Bailey said in a tweet, citing a provision in state law that can allow him to remove elected officials.
Here's everything we know about the 21-year-old man accused of hitting and critically injuring a 17-year-old girl visiting St. Louis for a volleyball tournament this past weekend.
“She really needs to do some soul-searching of whether or not she wants to continue as circuit attorney,” Mayor Tishaura O. Jones says.
