Missouri is down to one clinic providing abortions as of Wednesday, after the only other clinic in the state that performs the procedure failed to adhere to new state requirements. Federal appeals court judges ruled last month that Missouri can ...
Read More »Lawyer found guilty in fatal street racing crash
A St. Louis County jury on Friday found attorney Scott Bailey guilty of second-degree involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fatal street race. Prosecutors alleged that Bailey and another man, Haven Sooter, were racing on Lindbergh Boulevard on July ...
Read More »Whereabouts of almost 1,300 sex offenders unknown
Police don’t know the whereabouts of nearly 1,300 registered sex offenders in Missouri, including hundreds who fall into the most dangerous category, according to a state audit released Monday. Missouri law requires convicted sex offenders to register their names, addresses ...
Read More »Rouse Frets and White Goss announce merger
Two Kansas City-area law firms that span the Missouri-Kansas border have announced they plan to merge, effective Sept. 30. Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes LLC and White Goss announced the merger Friday in a press release. The combined firm’s new name ...
Read More »EPA announces cleanup plan for troubled landfill
Some of the illegally dumped nuclear waste buried near a long-smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a federal plan announced Thursday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s remedy comes ...
Read More »Developers propose $63M luxury hotel for Kansas City
Two real estate executives have proposed a $63.5 million luxury hotel for Kansas City in an effort to boost the area’s economy. Hotel Bravo would have 145 rooms and suites, a high-end restaurant and concierge areas on each floor. E.J. ...
Read More »Court affirms drug task force is subject to records law
For the first time, a Missouri appeals court has affirmed a lower-court ruling that a drug task force is subject to the state’s Sunshine Law. In an unsigned, unpublished opinion Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a ...
Read More »Federal judges allow Missouri to enforce abortion rules
Federal appeals court judges on Monday ruled to allow Missouri to enforce some abortion restrictions that are facing legal challenges, which Planned Parenthood says could end abortions at a Columbia clinic within weeks. At issue is a lawsuit filed by ...
Read More »St. Louis archdiocese agrees to open files to AG’s office
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says the Archdiocese of St. Louis has agreed to open its files for an investigation of potential clergy abuse. Hawley told reporters in a teleconference Thursday that he is asking the three other Roman Catholic ...
Read More »Crowd seeks dismissal of charges from mall protest
Several people arrested at mall protests in suburban St. Louis nearly a year ago are expressing frustration that municipal prosecutors have decided to charge them. Dozens of people packed a meeting Monday of the Richmond Heights City Council. Some demanded ...
Read More »Part of pelvic-mesh case to be retried
A woman who became the first person nationally to bring product-liability claims against two pelvic-mesh manufacturers in one trial — and lost — will have a chance to retry part of her case following a ruling Tuesday in the Missouri ...
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