A Jasper County judge has denied a request for a new trial in a civil judgment awarded to Joplin against a developer hired to lead the city’s recovery after the May 2011 tornado that killed 161 people. The $1.4 million ...
Read More »New Missouri state park on track to open in summer 2016
This is an AP Member Exchange shared by the Springfield News-Leader Flowing like a clear, blue ribbon, Sinking Creek carves an endless, undulating path along the base of a towering black cliff rimmed with trees. The limestone face leans outward, ...
Read More »Missouri candidates for governor gather at State Fair
Most of Missouri’s potential Republican candidates for governor expressed opposition Thursday to raising taxes for transportation funding, as they gathered under the same tent with other politicians to shake hands with voters at the Missouri State Fair. The annual Governor’s ...
Read More »Last member of marriage fraud conspiracy pleads guilty
The last of four people involved in a marriage fraud conspiracy in Jefferson City pleaded guilty on Thursday. Oleksandr Nikolayevich Druzenko, 35, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matt J. Whitworth to participating in a fraudulent marriage ...
Read More »Applications for US jobless aid tick up to still-low 277K
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose slightly last week, yet remained at a low level consistent with a solid job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment applications climbed 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 277,000. The ...
Read More »US home sales soar in July to fastest pace since early 2007
Americans stepped up their home-buying for a third straight month in July, as sales accelerated to the strongest pace in eight years. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of existing homes rose 2 percent last month to ...
Read More »Court rules against St. Louis police in ticket scandal
The St. Louis police department will have to turn over records from its probe into a scandal over 2006 World Series tickets now that the Missouri Supreme Court has thrown out a final appeal that sought to block the documents’ ...
Read More »County criticized for belatedly charging Ferguson protesters
St. Louis County faces sharp criticism from several organizations over belatedly filing criminal cases against protesters arrested in Ferguson last year following the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The action is a “blatant violation” of constitutional rights and an ...
Read More »Missouri pastor gets 7 years for $3.3M investment scheme
A pastor who admitted bilking $3.3 million from at least 18 mostly elderly investors was ordered Wednesday to spend seven years in federal prison and repay the victims, many having described in detail how the scheme plunged them or their ...
Read More »Uncle Sam joining ranks of businesses reviewed on Yelp
Watch out TSA: You’ll be joining the ranks of beauty salons, taco stands, and other services reviewed on Yelp, and Uncle Sam says it will take the online ratings into account to improve what the government calls “customer satisfaction.” Under ...
Read More »Audit: Millions of dollars mismanaged after Joplin tornado
An audit of Joplin found enough mismanagement over its hiring of a master developer following a May 2011 tornado that devastated the southwest Missouri city that the findings have been turned over to authorities, the state auditor said Tuesday. The ...
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