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The most half-hearted tribute on former KSDK reporter Mike Owens‘ farewell tape on Saturday night came from Florissant’s Bob Lowery. Given the grief Owens inflicted on the prickly mayor over the years, you would have thought Lowery could have bid farewell with more enthusiasm.

KSDK, Channel 5′s Mike Owens is leaving Channel 5 to join a law firm, where he’ll clock in after Labor Day.  In a memo to staffers, news director Mike Shipley wrote, “It is therefore,with a heavy heart that I announce his impending departure from NewsChannel 5 where he has served the community knowledgeably, passionately and with aplomb since 1963!  Mike’s reputation as a challenging interviewer and tireless advocate for the community he serves is well-known not just here at KSDK but across two states he’s served from here in St. Louis.”  Shipley and Owens gathered news together since they both worked in small market radio – Owens in Sedalia and Shipley in Jefferson City. Mike’s last day at the station will be Friday, Sept. 3.  Good luck, counselor Mike Owens!