Nixon won’t file criminal charges against Ameren in Taum Sauk case

Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 10:50 a.m. CST, Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ST. LOUIS — Attorney General Jay Nixon announced Friday he will not pursue criminal charges against Ameren Corp. over the December 2005 collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir, which destroyed much of Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park in Reynolds County.

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