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Lyda Krewson has spent the past 24 years serving the City of St. Louis first as alderwoman of the 28th Ward, then as mayor.
In 2017, Lyda Krewson was elected as the city’s top executive, making her the first woman to win the job. Four years later, she’s set to retire, marking an end to 24 years in public service.
“It’s been the honor of a lifetime to be able to serve as mayor of the City of St. Louis,” she told Sarah Fenske on Thursday on
St. Louis on the Air. “I made the final decision [to retire] over my birthday weekend back in November, where it dawned on me that in another six months, I m going to be 69 years old. … And so for me, I thought this is time to retire and to be able to do some other things while I m still in, as far as I know, great health.”
Stolen Jesus statue found smashed in St. Louis
March 11, 2021 GMT
ST. LOUIS (AP) A 400-pound “Homeless Jesus” statue stolen from in front of a closed downtown St. Louis homeless shelter has been found, but it was cut into pieces.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Thursday that the bronze statue of Jesus sleeping on a bench was stolen March 5 from the New Life Evangelistic Center. The Rev. Larry Rice said Thursday that surveillance video showed a man selling the statue to somebody in a scrapyard parking lot. He said police in East St. Louis, Illinois, recognized the man.
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Rice said pieces of the statue were found Monday at the man’s home. No arrests have been made.
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