It’s almost as if Letty Stegall is back home in the United States, beside her daughter to wake her for school, fussing about the list when her husband goes shopping, beaming when she sees what her family has managed to ...
Read More »Judge: Attorney’s death ‘elephant in the room’
Before David Jungerman’s attorney could make his first point before the Western District Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Judge Alok Ahuja quickly zeroed in on what he later called “the elephant in the room” – that Jungerman is being accused ...
Read More »Indian student’s dad has questions about Kansas City killing
The father of an engineering student from India who was fatally shot in Kansas City said Tuesday that he wishes a person of interest in the killing had been arrested rather than shot to death by police, because he wants ...
Read More »Program to help KC-area families with home down payment
A program could help hundreds of western Missouri families with a down payment on homes. The NeighborhoodLIFT program will provide homeowner training and $15,000 in down-payment assistant grants. Up to 300 families buying houses in Jackson, Clay and Cass counties ...
Read More »Man surrenders after standing over woman’s body for hours
Authorities say a gunman has surrendered after a five-hour standoff in Jefferson County during which he wouldn’t let officers near a woman’s body. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak says negotiators arrested the man around 11 a.m. Wednesday after he agreed ...
Read More »Six Flags waterslide injury highlights lax regulation
No government officials conducted a safety inspection of a new waterslide at Six Flags St. Louis before a woman said she suffered whiplash last month from the force of the “Typhoon Twister” that featured a five-story drop and a “45-foot ...
Read More »Court finds fault with Ferguson district’s election method
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Missouri school district that includes students from Ferguson violated the federal Voting Rights Act in its method of electing board members. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided ...
Read More »St. Louis County sees dwindling number of municipalities
St. Louis County is seeing its number of municipalities drop after a village dissolved in April and several are poised to fold in the near future. The number of St. Louis County municipalities fell to 88 when Mackenzie residents decided ...
Read More »Appeals court tosses $55M talc verdict
The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Friday threw out a $55 million St. Louis jury verdict for an out-of-state plaintiff whose ovarian cancer allegedly was linked to talcum powder. The ruling marks the latest large verdict against Johnson & ...
Read More »Judge cites substantial progress in Ferguson reforms
The federal judge overseeing a reform agreement between Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that she has seen substantial progress in efforts to eliminate bias in the St. Louis suburb’s law-enforcement system. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry ...
Read More »Immigration attorney says ICE officer pushed, injured her
A Kansas City immigration attorney said she was dropping off a client for deportation early Tuesday morning when an ICE officer pushed her, fracturing her ankle and causing lacerations to her leg. The attorney, Andrea Martinez of the Martinez Immigration ...
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