5 Things You Need to Know for March 7

1) A guard rail on a bend in Sappington Barracks Road next to Lindbergh Boulevard will not be replaced when the sidewalks are finished. Sunset Hills City Engineer Anne Lamitola said it was not an appropriate use of a guard rail, now.

2) Lombardy Lane in Sunset Hills will soon be repaved, weather permitting, after NB West Contracting said the previous chip & seal failed. Benbury Lane had the same process, but city officials said there was no complaint over it.

3) The Sunset Hills Board of Alderman expects to consider a recommendation Tuesday from the Public Works commission over whether to begin eminent domain proceedings on a parcel of restricted, empty property needed to rebuild bridges over creeks since it's worth $400 and the owner wants $15,000.

4) Crestwood city finance officials revealed revenues were 4 percent below expected for the 3rd quarter, but expenditures were 6 percent below anticipated.

5) It's the 1,690th anniversary of Constantine decreeing Sunday a day of rest throughout the Roman Empire, the 135th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell granted a patent for the telephone, 46 years since Bloody Sunday in Selma, AL when 600 Civil Rights marchers were brutalized, and the 26th anniversary of the release of the song We Are the World written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie for African famine fundraising.