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An officer’s search and subsequent arrest of a man violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights protecting against illegal search and seizure. Typically, an officer is required to have a warrant to search a vehicle, but according to the U.S. Supreme ...

It might be easy for many people to assume activities in the Middle East are far removed from daily events in the Midwestern United States. But for members of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers reminders of the latest ...

The population of San Francisco, will jump by more than 11,000 during the week of August 7-12, as the American Bar Association comes to town for its 126th Annual Meeting. More than 7,770 members have pre-registered for the meeting, and ...

The uncertain circumstances surrounding a court’s decision in a custody battle have driven many courts to formulate creative remedies to protect the child’s interests, but some of these remedies abuse the power of the circuit courts. The Missouri Court of ...

A woman who claims she owned 109,000 shares of stock in Kupper Parker Communications Inc. before its 2000 merger with Greenstone Roberts Advertising Inc. will have another opportunity to seek a trial court ruling ordering the company to purchase those ...

Former U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama has been selected to receive the John Marshall Award, a national honor created by the American Bar Association Justice Center to recognize individuals responsible for extraordinary improvement in the administration of justice. Heflin ...

More County Information Made Available Online Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields announced that records of food service inspections and plats of land within the county will be available online. These new online services are part of the county’s electronic government ...

Index Shows Growth in Missouri’s Economy Missouri’s Purchasing Manager’s Index, a key economic indicator, climbed to its highest level in nearly a year. June’s score of 58.7 was the highest since July 2002 and also marked the 17th consecutive month ...

Carolyn Gerdes of Springfield has been appointed to the Missouri Art Council board for a five-year term. Governor Bob Holden selected Gerdes, who has served for 13 years as a member of Springfield’s city council and is a supporter of ...

Funding Made Available for Art Programs Commemorating Lewis and Clark In recognition of the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery, the Missouri Arts Council will establish $30,000 in grant money to those organizations that wish to ...

13 organizations in the Kansas City area have been recognized by Children’s Trust Fund, Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention. These agencies will receive over $312,000 to help fund programs established to support children and their families and deter abuse ...