William P. Johnson is the new dean of Saint Louis University School of Law, effective Jan. 3, the school announced Monday. Johnson will take the place of Mike Wolff, who announced in the spring that he was stepping down. Wolff, ...
Read More »Clayton attorney charged with involuntary manslaughter
A St. Louis County grand jury indicted Clayton attorney Scott Bailey for first-degree involuntary manslaughter, alleging he was driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding over 100 mph when his car struck and killed a woman. Bailey, 44, turned ...
Read More »St. Louis police officer shot in ‘ambush’ attack, chief says
A St. Louis police sergeant was hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot Sunday night in what the police chief called an “ambush.” Police Chief Sam Dotson said the 46-year-old officer was shot twice in the ...
Read More »Supreme Court weighs sex offender commitment process
A fight over the constitutionality of Missouri’s sex offender program is now open on two fronts. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday considered an offender’s challenge to his conviction as a sexually violent predator, even as the U.S. District Court ...
Read More »Woman says mistaken identity led to jail in St. Louis death
A woman said investigators’ tunnel vision and mistaken identity led to her being jailed without bail for nearly year in St. Louis in connection to a 2015 fatal shooting. Jadda Kennedy, 26, was initially charged with murder in the death ...
Read More »Witnesses’ names, yes. Social Security numbers, no.
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Tuesday that defense attorneys in criminal cases are entitled to know witnesses’ last known addresses, but not much else. The ruling stems from a dispute between the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office ...
Read More »Appellate court says embryos are marital property
Frozen embryos are legally marital property, not children, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Tuesday. The decision upholds a St. Louis County circuit court decision in October 2014 that Justin Gadberry and Jalesia McQueen’s frozen embryos should continue ...
Read More »St. Louis County voters oust Judge Dale Hood
Voters in St. Louis County opted not to retain Associate Circuit Judge Dale W. Hood in Tuesday’s election. The vote was 59.6 percent against retention with 40.4 percent of voters opting to retain him. He is only the third nonpartisan ...
Read More »Jury awards $3M to family in 2011 Ferguson stun gun death
A federal jury has awarded $3 million to the family of a naked, unarmed black man who died in 2011 after police in Ferguson used a stun gun on him. Jason Moore’s mother, wife and son alleged in the lawsuit ...
Read More »2 men sentenced in mining operation scheme
A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay back $1.7 million to victims of a scheme that defrauded investors in a mining operation. The U.S. Attorney’s office on Thursday announced ...
Read More »St. Louis to make touch screen absentee voting available for future elections
Disabled voters in St. Louis will have access to touch-screen absentee voting in future elections. The St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday adopted a resolution allowing the touch screen absentee voting in elections going forward. The resolution follows ...
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