MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Just 16 days after severe thunderstorms bore down on St. Louis and tore a tent from its moorings at Kilroy’s Sports Bar, a restaurant and bar just south of Busch Stadium, the first two personal injury lawsuits have been filed against the restaurant owner and against Sun Rental, which provided the tent to Kilroy’s.

In a case believed to be the first of its kind in Missouri, an appeals court affirmed a jury's decision that a man pay $150,001 after posting negative business reviews online.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the city of Springfield from enforcing its voter-approved law requiring local businesses to verify the immigration status of new hires or risk a suspension or revocation of their licenses.

A jury didn’t find merit in Ellen Wallingsford’s claims of a hostile work environment against the city of Maplewood. The former police officer has lost her constructive discharge and hostile work environment suit against the city of Maplewood, after the state Supreme Court had weighed in to allow her claims to go forward.

The Missouri Supreme Court today denied bail to Mark Woodworth, a man who was twice convicted in the 1990 slaying of a Chillicothe farm wife.

John Edwards lost a bid for dismissal of criminal charges arising from his alleged misuse of presidential campaign funds to hide an extramarital affair.

Late last year, federal safety officials made a deadly crash in rural eastern Missouri a focal point in a nationwide call to ban drivers from using their cellphones while behind the wheel.

Sen. Claire McCaskill is now facing questions about her stand on the issue of gay marriage and whether she is swayed by the president’s support, which he announced May 9.

The state judiciary is set to receive just under $195 million in fiscal year 2013, which begins July 1. That’s an increase of more than $4 million over the current budget.

American Family Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to pay a $4.9 million settlement in a class action lawsuit filed against its insured, a Quiznos Subs franchise located in Crestwood, a state appeals court said Wednesday in a 2-1 decision.

Hostess Brands Inc., the baker of Wonder bread, gave its workers notice last week that they may all be fired. The notice was given under the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, commonly known as the Warn Act, which requires telling workers 60 days before mass firings.