A commission has selected two groups of three nominees to fill associate circuit judge vacancies in St. Louis County. The nominees to replace Dale W. Hood are Renee Hardin-Tammons, Colleen J. Vetter and Nicole S. Zellweger. Hardin-Tammons is currently a ...
Read More »St. Louis airport could soon get booze-to-go policy
It could soon be legal for travelers to take booze from the bar to their gate at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. The House just passed a bill that changes liquor laws in airports, allowing people to order alcoholic ...
Read More »Stealing charges filed against St. Louis lawyer
The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office filed stealing charges Thursday against attorney Scott Ehlermann over accusations that he took a court document in an adult abuse case. Ehlermann was the respondent in the case filed with St. Louis County Circuit ...
Read More »Headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in St. Louis area
Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region’s Jewish community shaken and anxious. No arrests have been made in attacks that happened late Sunday or early ...
Read More »Former AG Koster to join Centene
Former Missouri Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster is joining St. Louis-based Centene Corp. Koster will become its senior vice president of corporate services, the company announced Monday. “I am honored to join a team of individuals who every ...
Read More »Monsanto facing class action suit over dicamba spraying
Missouri attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against Monsanto claiming the company sold seeds without a safe corresponding herbicide, forcing farmers to spray illegal chemicals that drifted onto other farms and destroyed crops. The complaint alleges that Monsanto marketed ...
Read More »High court weighs escrow rule in rent dispute
Legally speaking, is a defective apartment any different from a defective fridge? That odd question was at the center of a debate on Wednesday in which a rent dispute, a proceeding that usually progresses quickly at the lowest rungs of ...
Read More »Court finds coverage for school bus death suit
The Court of Appeals Eastern District says an insurer is on the hook for a multi-million dollar judgment against a school bus driver who was charged criminally after fatally running over a 6-year-old boy. Although the driver, Willie Leonberger, pleaded ...
Read More »Ferguson to pay $3M for naked, unarmed man’s stun gun death
The city of Ferguson has dropped its appeal of a federal jury’s $3 million award to survivors of a naked, unarmed, black man who died after a police officer repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun and will pay the ...
Read More »Court tosses St. Louis County police ordinance
An appellate court on Tuesday agreed that St. Louis County lacks the authority to impose standards on police departments within its borders. County lawmakers enacted an ordinance in December 2015 setting minimum licensing, hiring and training standards for the 57 ...
Read More »Aldermen: Anti-crime plan in St. Louis shows little progress
An effort to target crime and improve life in 15 St. Louis neighborhoods is off to a slow start. In December 2015, Mayor Francis Slay released a two-year plan to target 12 north St. Louis and three south side neighborhoods. ...
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