Along a short stretch of winding road through a nondescript apartment complex, two memorials of stuffed animals mark the spots where young men died. The sites are separated by roughly 1,000 feet, but in a sense are worlds apart.
Read More »Court removes gay sex conviction from offender registry
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday said a man caught during a sting on homosexual sex at a St. Louis rest stop in 1988 doesn’t have to register as a sex offender because the crime he pleaded guilty to is no longer a crime.
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Read More »Big money answer still to come in courtroom drama over estate
A judge still must answer the big money question in a contest over property worth millions of dollars after a jury decided a businessman’s widow used “undue influence” in convincing him to shift ownership of his real estate company to ...
Read More »Trial set for videographer arrested covering Ferguson
A video journalist arrested while covering the unrest in Ferguson after Michael Brown was fatally shot last summer plans to fight the charges at trial.
Read More »Audit faults attorney general Koster on lobbyist policy
Although Attorney General Chris Koster's gubernatorial campaign has had a policy in place for months to address concerns that he was influenced by lobbyist perks and political donations, an audit released Tuesday faulted his state office for not implementing a similar system.
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Read More »Heggie named to bench in St. Louis County
Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday the appointment of Robert M. Heggie as associate circuit judge for the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
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Read More »Police: No clear motive in Schweich’s suicide
The embattled chairman of the Missouri Republican Party gained some support Monday as police said they have no evidence of an anti-Semitic whispering campaign against a state auditor who killed himself.
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Read More »Ex-police chief of St. Louis suburb alleges firing for whistle-blowing
A former acting police chief claims he lost his job after reporting that the mayor of the St. Louis County suburb of Vinita Park tried to change police reports and had the prosecuting attorney dismiss a charge. (Updated)
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Read More »Missouri Republican wants gun ban for ‘violent’ felons only
A Republican lawmaker wants to tweak Missouri's gun laws to keep firearms out of the hands of certain felons following a St. Louis judge's ruling that jeopardizes the state's current ban on convicted felons possessing guns.
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Read More »Associate judges selected as St. Louis circuit judge finalists
Three associate judges — Christopher McGraugh, Calea Stovall-Reid and Thomas Clark II —are the finalists for an open St. Louis circuit judgeship.
Read More »GOP donor backs anti-Semitic claims of auditor who shot self
A prominent Republican donor stepped forward Thursday to back up assertions that Missouri's GOP chairman had made negative remarks about the religion of the state auditor, who killed himself amid perceptions he was the target of an anti-Semitic whispering campaign.
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