A new mobile app to combat sex trafficking has been developed in St. Louis. The TraffickCam app is meant to help the search for sex trafficking victims faster. The app asks travelers to snap photos of any hotel rooms they ...
Read More »Ed Martin seeks to oust law firm trying to oust him
St. Louis attorney and Republican political figure Ed Martin is alleging that Spencer Fane cannot represent a group of Eagle Forum board members seeking to oust him as president of the conservative organization because the law firm had previously defended ...
Read More »Court chides Missouri agency over Medicaid error
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that Missouri’s Medicaid system is allowed to try to recoup thousands of dollars from a St. Louis County family who was signed up for the program due to the state’s own error. But, the Court ...
Read More »Grand Juror Doe can pursue First Amendment claim in federal court
A grand juror who wants to discuss her experiences with the Darren Wilson case will be able to pursue her First Amendment claim in federal court if she is unsuccessful in state court, following a Monday ruling by the Eighth ...
Read More »Lawyers for Ferguson seek any Michael Brown juvenile records
The city of Ferguson and other defendants in a wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown’s parents are seeking access to any juvenile records of the black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in 2014 — a request ...
Read More »Freedom denied for Missouri man convicted in woman’s killing
A Missouri judge has refused to grant freedom to a man convicted of sexually attacking and killing a St. Louis woman more than three decades ago. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Thursday ruled there was not enough evidence ...
Read More »St. Louis agency seeks options for former Rams facility
With the Rams gone, the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority is seeking to find a use for the team’s vacated practice facility in the suburb of Earth City. The authority has hired the Sansone Group as the ...
Read More »Student sues Harris-Stowe State over drug accusation
A women’s basketball player at Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying she was wrongly accused of drug possession and suspended for a year after denying a dean’s sexual advances. The suit filed by ...
Read More »Court crafts ‘roadmap’ to keep polls open late
Long lines, no. Ballot shortages, yes. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District issued an opinion on Tuesday explaining its hastily issued order on April 5 for some St. Louis County polling places to remain open late after they’d run ...
Read More »Corps: Giving it contaminated landfill would not speed fix
Efforts to resolve a burning suburban St. Louis landfill near buried radioactive waste will not be hastened if oversight of the project is shifted from federal environmentalists to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a top Corps official has argued. ...
Read More »St. Louis police pay $4.7 million for 44 settlements
The city of St. Louis has paid $4.7 million to settle 44 cases involving police filed since 2010 over injuries, wrongful imprisonment or death, according to a newspaper review of payouts that had not previously been publicized. Two of the ...
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