Priest sex abuse victims are demanding that Missouri and Kansas officials conduct a comprehensive investigation into clergy misconduct and cover-ups similar to the one that revealed widespread problems in Pennsylvania. Rebecca Randles, who has represented hundreds of victims in priest ...
Read More »Teen killed soon after posting he was glad to make it to 17
A St. Louis teenager posted online that he was glad to make it to his 17th birthday after all he’d been through. Just over an hour later, he was fatally shot in the head. Armond Latimore was shot outside a ...
Read More »School district embraces gender-neutral bathrooms
A school district that garnered national attention when a transgender student was crowned homecoming queen in 2015 has installed gender-neutral restrooms at two new elementary schools and in some existing locations. The individual bathroom stalls at Rising Hill Elementary and ...
Read More »Kansas City groups rethink drug recovery for mothers
Kansas City health and social service groups are testing a new approach for mothers undergoing drug recovery by keeping families together. The number of infants born dependent on opioids in Missouri has more than quadrupled since 2011. The number of ...
Read More »New St. Louis police officer follows family’s footsteps
Since 1941, there has been a Griffin patrolling the streets of St. Louis. First, it was Robert Griffin Jr. He served more than 30 years in the St. Louis Police Department and pinned a city police badge on his son ...
Read More »Bellerive eager to produce memorable PGA Championship
Bellerive Country Club is considered one of the “Big Four” of traditional, exclusive St. Louis-area clubs, a picturesque parkland course designed by Robert Trent Jones serving as its centerpiece. For a while, big events bolstered its reputation. Gary Player won ...
Read More »Four years after Ferguson, white prosecutor ousted by African American man
Four years after the deadly police shooting that triggered racial unrest in Ferguson and helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement, an African American city councilman scored an election upset and ousted the white prosecutor criticized over his ...
Read More »Ferguson councilman ousts prosecutor McCulloch in primary
A seven-term prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County who gained national attention in his handling of the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson lost a primary challenge Tuesday to a black Ferguson councilman, according to ...
Read More »Court affirms $5.75M verdict against Jungerman
The Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday upheld a $5.75 million jury verdict against Kansas City businessman David Jungerman, who is accused of murdering the attorney who won the case against him. In July 2017, a Jackson County jury ...
Read More »Police: Chinese missionary fatally shot in Kansas City
A Christian missionary from China who was visiting Kansas City with his wife and four children was shot to death after he crossed paths with an 18-year-old who was shooting at people while high on drugs, police say. The victim, ...
Read More »Judge shuts down primary for Jackson County sheriff
Jackson County’s primary ballot will contain a few extraneous names, following a judge’s ruling on July 31. Circuit Judge David Byrn ruled that county officials exceeded their statutory authority by opening up the Aug. 7 ballot to candidates to become ...
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