Kim Gardner

Gore is an attorney with prominent St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett. He was also a member of the Ferguson Commission.

Kim Gardner’s abrupt resignation on Tuesday led to confusion about who was in charge of an office that had descended into chaos over the past two months.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was expected to resign June 1 but sent an e-mail to Gov. Mike Parson’s office that she was leaving Tuesday.

Prosecutors, public defenders and others review the damage caused by the staffing crisis in the circuit attorney’s office and discuss how to move on after Kim Gardner leaves.

Gov. Mike Parson will appoint the successor to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who is resigning on June 1.

State legislatures, including Missouri's, are considering a wave of bills that would undermine local control on culture wars issues from education and policing to environmental policy.

Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, gets a rare opportunity to fill a vacancy in the heavily Democratic city of St. Louis.

Facing a move by the Missouri attorney general to oust her, a contempt of court charge and increasing public and legislative pressure, Gardner announced Thursday that she will resign effective June 1.

The news that Gardner is taking nursing classes could buttress Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s efforts to oust the Democratic official.

After canceling a hearing on Tuesday, Judge John Torbitzky denied most of Gardner’s motion to dismiss the case that seeks to remove her from office.