The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred Bliss Barber Worrell, a former St. Louis assistant prosecutor who admitted to trying to conceal a police officer’s assault of a man in custody. In July, Worrell was sentenced to 18 months of probation ...
Read More »SEC: Former Monsanto exec to get $22.5M as whistleblower
A former Monsanto Co. financial executive who tipped off regulators about the agribusiness giant’s accounting practices involving rebates for its Roundup weed-killer will get nearly $22.5 million as a whistleblower, federal securities regulators announced Tuesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Read More »Transgender inmate latest to push for hormone treatment
A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel ...
Read More »Woman charged in shooting of man she claimed was intruder
A woman who claimed she shot an intruder who followed her inside her home is now facing murder charges, with a prosecutor saying Tuesday that she set up an innocent, mentally-impaired man to kill him. St. Charles County prosecutor Tim ...
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court approves transfer in stadium case
In a rare move, the Missouri Supreme Court approved the transfer of a case about a St. Louis ordinance requiring voter approval to publicly fund sports stadiums, sending it back to the Missouri Court of Appeals to consider a motion ...
Read More »Judge rules Ferguson-Florissant School District violated voting rights
School board elections in the Ferguson-Florissant district deprive African-American voters of an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice, a federal judge ruled Monday. The decision, written by U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel, sides with the plaintiffs in the ...
Read More »Missouri judge orders stop to jailhouse recordings
A federal judge has ordered jails that house pretrial detainees for the Western District of Missouri to stop recording all attorney-client communications. U.S. Judge Stephen Bough issued the order Friday in the case of U.S. v. Ronald L. Bell, in ...
Read More »Home sales on the rise in Ferguson, 2 years after shooting
Kathie Harnacker’s search for a new suburban St. Louis home took her to a three-bedroom brick ranch with a lush patio garden, an updated kitchen and neutral decor. At $112,000, she knows she’d pay twice the price if the home ...
Read More »Candidate in state representative race claims voter fraud
Election officials in St. Louis are asking the city’s circuit attorney and the U.S. attorney’s office to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the August primary election for a state representative race that was won by a narrow margin. On ...
Read More »New show features Midwest Innocence Project client
The work of a Missouri-based group that seeks exoneration for its clients is highlighted in a new MTV series that started Wednesday. The show, “Unlocking the Truth,” is hosted by Ryan Ferguson, who was exonerated in 2013 for the death ...
Read More »Al-Jazeera reporters claim mistreatment in Ferguson
Three journalists who reported on the 2014 Ferguson riots for Al-Jazeera America have filed a lawsuit accusing police officers of violating their rights. The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in St. Louis, Ash-har Qurashi, Marla Cichowski and Sam Winslade ...
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