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Former St. Louis County police officer Matthew McCulloch 鈥 who was indicted by a grand jury after firing gun shots at a children鈥檚 trunk-or-treat in Kirkwood in October 2023 鈥 on Friday pleaded guilty to six counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count of making a terroristic threat and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
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One Kirkwood family is still attempting to heal after, prosecutors say, former St. Louis County Police Officer Matthew McCulloch screamed "everyone would die" at people attending a community event while firing gunshots into the air.
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For most of her life, St. Louis artist Sarah Paulsen was oblivious to what it means to be white, and the privilege it confers.Then in 2008, Charles Lee鈥
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Ten years after Charles Lee 鈥淐ookie鈥 Thornton opened fire at Kirkwood City Hall, some residents hope the city is learning to empathize with the鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 21, 2013 - The train still rumbles through downtown Kirkwood at 1:13 each afternoon and 8:58鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2013 - Five years have passed. People don鈥檛 talk much about Cookie Thornton anymore. The鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 1, 2011 - Almost three years have passed since Charles "Cookie" Thornton attacked the Kirkwood鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 17, 2009 - The president of the Meacham Park Neighborhood Association has resigned from the鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 7, 2009 - The people of Kirkwood came together Saturday night. On a springlike evening, a large鈥
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2009 - We know the time, the place, the people killed and the person who did the killing on鈥