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St. Francois County commissioners authorize new assistant prosecutor position with top salary of $85,000

5564489 · August 12, 2025
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Commissioners approved creating an additional assistant prosecuting attorney position funded partly by law-enforcement restitution and cuts to part-time staff, citing increased caseloads after a new circuit judge was added.

St. Francois County commissioners voted to authorize a new assistant prosecuting attorney position with a starting-to-top salary range up to $85,000 and related benefits, funding the role in part by eliminating two part-time positions and using law enforcement restitution funds.

Prosecuting Attorney Blake Dudley described the change as a response to heavier caseloads and the recent addition of a circuit judge and an expected new courthouse. "We were asking for a new position... we had obtained some funding from law enforcement restitution fund," Dudley said, adding…

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