A federal judge has narrowed a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Michael Brown Jr. against Ferguson, its former police chief and the white ex-police officer who fatally shot the unarmed, black 18-year-old. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber ...
Read More »Missouri group cited in shooting suspect’s alleged manifesto
A Missouri group cited in an online manifesto purportedly written by the Charleston church shooting suspect was founded 30 years ago, and a civil rights organization calls it a “crudely white supremacist group” that is the “modern reincarnation” of efforts ...
Read More »Missouri seeks death for man convicted in 6 Illinois deaths
Missouri prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 35-year-old man accused in the killing of a couple from Arkansas who is already serving life sentences in six slayings in Illinois. Prosecutors in Jefferson County south of St. Louis filed ...
Read More »Ferguson municipal court resumes with new judge
Ferguson's municipal court held its first session Thursday night since a Department of Justice report found the city operated a profit-driven system that heightened tensions among black residents for years.
Read More »Missouri man enlists former deputies in murder case appeal
A southern Missouri man appealing his conviction in a live-in girlfriend's murder has enlisted some unusual character witnesses: former sheriff's deputies who testified that they planned to arrest another suspect for the crime.
Read More »McCulloch visit divides Saint Louis University law school
An upcoming law school lecture by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch is drawing criticism from some Saint Louis University students and professors who object to his handling of the investigation of Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.
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Read More »Zoning fight continues for Crystal City cave owners
Crystal City Underground remains open for business but as a far more modest venture because some investors have been deterred by a long-simmering legal dispute with county officials who once embraced the plan.
Read More »Woman now blind in one eye to receive $900,000 settlement
A 40-year-old diabetic woman with cataracts in both eyes has reached a $900,000 confidential settlement with a St. Louis County doctor whom she said performed unnecessary surgery that left her legally blind in one eye.
Read More »Family of lawyer charged in bank heist mum
A 64-year-old eastern Missouri lawyer is charged with robbing a small-town bank at gunpoint and wounding a state trooper.
Read More »Family of man killed on I-55 settles insurance claim
Clarence Davis Jr. and Melissa Webb sued 55-year-old Shirley Ann Hayes of Desoto after her 2009 Pontiac Torrent struck Clarence Davis Sr., 57, on I-55 near Park Avenue the morning of Feb. 6, 2012.
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Read More »Radiologists win case over blood clot death
A Greene County jury ruled in favor of two physicians and a radiology practice sued by the family of a 32-year-old hospital worker who died in 2008 after complications from a blood clot in her leg.
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