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Gerri DiMaggio Quintet, Hanah Jon Taylor Ensemble Aug 4, 2021 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM July 16, 2021 Hanah Jon Taylor Event organizers have had to be both flexible and improvisatory to react to changing public health needs due to COVID-19. One example: Jazz at Five moved to Fitchburg to allow for more social distancing room. An improvisatory response followed by Jazz at Five co-founder and longtime director Cathy Sullivan, who quickly pulled together a new concert series for the downtown area: Jazz on State. The opening concert on Aug. 4 will feature music by the Gerri DiMaggio Quintet and Hanah Jon Taylor Ensemble. Attendees are encouraged to visit area restaurants, so there will be no on-site food or beverage sales. Concerts continue on the following two Wednesdays, with Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Band on Aug. 11 and Leo Sidran and special guests on Aug. 18. ....
After 19 years, Keith Carnes’ conviction re-evaluated by Missouri Supreme Court May 17, 2021 In 2014, The Pitch shared the story of Latahra Smith and her work advocating the innocence of Keith Carnes a former drug dealer who was convicted of murdering Larry White, a rival drug dealer in 2003. Since Carnes was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole in 2006, more evidence has been found causing further questions to be raised regarding Carnes’ innocence. Carnes team first filed an appeal in the 43rd Judicial Circuit Court in Cameron, DeKalb County, where Carnes was incarcerated at the time. After losing that, they refiled the same petition in the court of appeals in Kansas City then in the Missouri Supreme Court after that loss. ....