Pilot Russell Hazelton was announced dead Thursday. He and his wife have a home in Town and Country.
UPDATED: 1:30 p.m. Thursday- Russell Hazelton, the pilot of the plane that crashed into Creve Coeur Lake Wednesday evening, died overnight in SSM DePaul hospital, police officials said Thursday morning. Hazelton's wife, Suzanne, remains in critical condition. (Read Previous Story: Pilot of Crashed Plane in Creve Coeur Lake Dies, Wife Still in Critical Condition) As previously reported by Patch, the four-seat, single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane Russell Hazelton was politing crashed arouund 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. A witness told Maryland Heights Police they saw the plane go down and heard what sounded like an engine sputtering. The witness told police the plane attempted to land on the east bank of the lake but wound up upside down in …
The measure may have been squashed last year, but newly elected Manchester aldermen say they are in favor of renominating Lt. Tim Walsh as Manchester's police chief. However, others still have concerns.
For nearly two years, Manchester's acting police chief Lt. Tim Walsh has been waiting to take the word “acting” from his title. The wait may soon be over. Mayor David Willson said he plans to nominate Walsh for the job of police chief once again. “Tim has been doing an excellent job as acting chief,” Willson said. “I would like to nominate him again.” Willson had once before nominated Walsh in August of 2010, after interviewing close to 40 other potential candidates. The Manchester Board of Aldermen then voted on the measure. Aldermen Don Ryan, Michael Clement and John Diehl voted in favor of Walsh. Aldermen Marilyn Ottenad and Hal Roth voted against him. Alderman Bob Tullock abstained from the vote, preventing the mayor from having to …
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Floyd French
10:36 am on Friday, April 8, 2011
Floyd French It seems to me that letting the mayor pre screen the candidates before presenting them to the board is anti-democratic. If the mayor and Walsh were buddies he could simply screen out all of the qualified candidates and present the board with unacceptible ones along with Walsh as the only qualified one. I'm not saying that this is what actually happened but it could happen. I think … more ›