Questions over whether the proposed $12.2 billion merger of Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light is detrimental to utility customers could lead to possible rejection by Missouri regulators. Missouri-based Great Plains Energy announced in May that it had ...
Read More »Hostess launches “Deep Fried Twinkies” as first frozen treat
The deep-fried Twinkie is jumping from the state fair to the home freezer. Hostess Brands, the maker of lunchbox treats like Ho Hos, is launching packaged “Deep Fried Twinkies” starting Friday that mark its first foray into frozen foods. The ...
Read More »Judge orders jails to stop recording attorney-client communications
A federal judge has ordered Kansas and Missouri detention facilities that hold District of Kansas detainees to stop recording privileged attorney-client communications. The order from Judge Julie Robinson on Aug. 11 followed an emergency hearing in the government’s criminal case ...
Read More »Appeals court affirms dismissal of execution drug suit
The dismissal of a taxpayer suit challenging Missouri’s death penalty protocol was affirmed by the Western District Court of Appeals on Tuesday. The suit was brought in Cole County against the Missouri Department of Corrections by former state representative and ...
Read More »Cursing at work enough to deny unemployment benefits
If the final scene of “Gone with the Wind” had taken place at work, Rhett Butler might well find himself without a job or an unemployment check. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said Tuesday that a woman was ...
Read More »Atheists sue Kansas City officials over Baptist convention
A group of atheists has sued Kansas City officials over the planned use of $65,000 in tourism tax dollars to aid an upcoming Baptist convention. American Atheists Inc. and two Kansas City members filed the lawsuit Friday against Kansas City ...
Read More »Welch, successful and eccentric trial lawyer, dies at 83
Lantz Welch, a larger-than-life Kansas City trial attorney, died Thursday. He was 83. Welch’s death was announced in an online obituary that he wrote himself and that proclaimed the lawyer sometimes known as “Sir Lantzlot” as “large and very much ...
Read More »City pays judgment years after noted work comp ruling
Four and a half years after winning a landmark workers’ compensation case, a Kansas City municipal worker has gotten the city to pay the judgment. In December 2011, Richard Robinson won a $990,000 judgment against a fellow employee, Cheryl Hooker, ...
Read More »2016 Tax Sale Listings
Up to date listings for 2016 by county (Non-subscribers can purchase from the online store): Independence Tax Sale Jefferson County Tax Sale 2nd Ed Kansas City Tax Sale 2nd Ed St. Charles County Tax Sale St. Louis Tax Sale 181 ...
Read More »Appellant: ‘Weird vibe’ not enough to strike prospective juror
A ruling on a decision to strike a black prospective juror in a 2014 Jackson County trial was central to arguments Wednesday in the Western District Court of Appeals that the case should get a new trial. The appellant, Deborah ...
Read More »Judge denies new trial in mesh case
A Jackson County circuit judge has denied a motion for a new trial in the case of an Oklahoma woman suing two pelvic mesh manufacturers. Judge Robert Schieber’s order was filed Friday without comment on his decision. The plaintiff in ...
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