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Resident Stacy Bridges urges Marseilles to ban kratom after husband’s suspected kratom-related fall

Marseilles City Council · March 19, 2026
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Summary

At the Marseilles City Council meeting a resident asked the council to ban kratom sales after her husband fell from a bridge eight weeks ago and she said he may have been using kratom. Commissioner Small said a kratom-ban ordinance is being drafted and will appear on the next agenda.

Stacy Bridges, a Marseilles resident, told the City Council that her husband, Christian Keener, fell from a bridge eight weeks ago and has not been found. “We believe he was on Kratom, which is legal in Marseilles,” Bridges said, and asked the council to ban the sale of the substance in town.

Bridges thanked the police, fire and…

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