A St. Louis judge on Monday appointed the prosecutor in Jackson County as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to refile an invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison recused the St. Louis ...
Read More »Ameren to build 400-megawatt wind farm, Missouri’s largest
Ameren Missouri plans to build a 400-megawatt wind farm in rural northeast Missouri, creating enough power to serve 120,000 homes within two years, the company said Monday. St. Louis-based Ameren said its High Prairie Wind Farm near Kirksville will be ...
Read More »Greitens won’t be charged for finance report on donor list
A Missouri prosecutor said Friday that he won’t be filing any charges against Gov. Eric Greitens for the way his campaign reported the receipt of a charity donor list used for political fundraising. The decision by Cole County Prosecutor Mark ...
Read More »Prosecutor: Greitens’ lawyers threatened to ‘ruin’ her
The St. Louis prosecutor whose office now finds itself under investigation by police regarding its handling of a criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says his attorneys twice threatened to “ruin” her if she didn’t back off investigations of ...
Read More »Prosecutor-as-witness move sinks case against Greitens
Attorneys defending Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in a criminal case used a highly unusual tactic when they sought to the call the prosecutor as a witness while they attacked her handling of the case. The judge made another highly unusual ...
Read More »Lawmakers push Greitens probe after charge dropped
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens no longer faces a felony charge stemming from an extramarital affair, but a legislative panel signaled Tuesday that it’s pushing forward with its own expanded investigation into a variety of allegations against the Republican governor. The ...
Read More »Greitens’ lawyer says prosecutors have stopped photo search
A lawyer for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Monday that prosecutors have stopped looking after being unable to find a photo that is central to the allegations in his felony invasion-of-privacy trial. The Republican governor is charged with taking and ...
Read More »Glesner Fines named UMKC law dean
Barbara Glesner Fines has been named as the permanent dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Glesner Fines, a member of the law school’s faculty since 1986, has been serving as interim dean since March 2017. She ...
Read More »Greitens’ attorney says no images of woman found on phone
A special examiner extracted thousands of images from the cellphone of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens “and none were found” of a woman whom the governor is charged with photographing while she was at least partially naked, the governor’s attorney said ...
Read More »Applebee’s sues over closure of restaurant in profiling case
Applebee’s is suing a Kansas City-area franchise owner over the closure of a restaurant where two black women said they were falsely accused of not paying for meals in an earlier visit. The chain claimed “significant brand and reputational damage” ...
Read More »Ex-sheriff’s former lover drops suit against Jackson County
The former Jackson County sheriff’s one-time girlfriend has dropped her lawsuit against the county. County leaders approved a settlement Monday with Christine Lynde, who worked as an assistant for Mike Sharp while he was sheriff. No money will change hands. ...
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