St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner Resigns Abruptly.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner has resigned abruptly, leaving the city without a top prosecutor. Gardner's resignation comes amid mounting criticism of her office, which has already lost key leaders and roughly a third of its attorneys in two months. Missouri Governor Mike Parson has appointed his general counsel, Evan Rodriguez, to fill in until a replacement can be appointed by Friday. The departure throws into further chaos a city courts system that's already bending under the weight of a staffing exodus, organizational dysfunction, a leadership vacuum, and a backlog of several thousand cases.