From an article on another episode of Missouri Teachers Gone Wild:
A pretty math teacher from Missouri has been arrested in Texas and accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old high school student.
Hailey Nichelle Clifton-Carmack, 26, from Waynesville, near St. Louis, was arrested by the Garden Ridge Police Department on Friday in Comal County.
Waynesville is between Springfield and Rolla, so “near St. Louis” in this instance is two hours away via I-44. It’s far closer to Rolla. But the story is from a British tabloid, and we can’t expect them to know where those smaller cities are. Heck, I’m surprised they thought to include “near St. Louis” as a reference point. I would presume that the British and their new guests are not familiar enough with U.S. geography to know where St. Louis is. I’m not sure that most people in the United States know where St. Louis is.
(Although I had seen the headlines elsewhere, Ace of Spades HQ posted an excerpt that had the offending geolocation aid.)
