A man who police say has admitted to being the getaway driver during an ambush shooting that wounded a uniformed St. Louis police sergeant has been charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer. Prosecutors also charged 27-year-old Edward ...
Read More »Western District OKs loan against lottery winnings
A man who leveraged his lottery winnings into a bank loan is still on the hook for the balance despite competing state laws, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Tuesday. In 2006 Gary Michael Clark won the Missouri ...
Read More »Jury finds no fault for mascot or fan
No one is to blame in a now infamous concession-food-related injury case, a Jackson County Jury found Wednesday. In September 2009, John Coomer was attending a Kansas City Royals baseball game when Sluggerrr, the team’s mascot, threw a hot dog ...
Read More »South Carolina governor to speak at Hanaway fundraiser
Facing a potentially crowded GOP primary in 2016, Missouri gubernatorial hopeful Catherine Hanaway now has backing from South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley is scheduled as the keynote speaker during a fundraiser for Hanaway set for June 18 at ...
Read More »Audit finds Jackson County Circuit Court ‘fair’
A state audit released Monday rated the Jackson County Circuit Court as “fair,” but the court responded that is has already begun to implement solutions to potential financial and judicial shortfalls. Prominent within the audit was about $6 million in ...
Read More »Richardson takes reins from disgraced Diehl
Todd Richardson, previously the House Majority Floor Leader, will serve as Speaker of the Missouri House following the resignation of John Diehl Jr. Diehl, R-Town and Country, officially resigned Friday after admitting to exchanging sexually suggestive text messages with a ...
Read More »Jackson County jury goes after debt recovery company: $82 million punitive award
A Jackson County jury sent an $82 million message to a debt recovery company Monday: Your business practices need to change. This is according to defense attorney Gina Chiala of Slough Connealy Irwin & Madden in Kansas City. Chiala represented ...
Read More »Supreme Court affirms suit’s dismissal, whole hog
In order to reach a conclusion in the case of a nuisance suit brought against a hog farm operation in northeast Missouri, it was necessary for the Missouri Supreme Court to know what it was talking about, Judge Zel M. ...
Read More »MAPA now supports changes to prosecutor system
After initially failing to come to a consensus, the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys came forward this week to support a bill that would make sweeping changes to the prosecuting attorney system in Missouri.
Read More »Jackson County bomb threat found to be unfounded
The Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City was evacuated Wednesday morning after a bomb threat was received.
Read More »Settlement reached on eve of N.C. jury verdict
A Kansas City-area attorney facilitated a confidential settlement between Ford Motor Co. and the 16-year-old victim of a North Carolina car crash.
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