A St. Peters woman has received a suspended sentence after authorities say her daughter’s 13-year-old friend ended up in the hospital after consuming alcohol the woman provided. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 36-year-old Latasha Ann Gorman was sentenced Monday. She ...
Read More »Nixon signs bill to keep intelligence agency in Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill aimed at keeping a federal intelligence agency in the St. Louis area. Nixon endorsed a plan Monday to grant tax-increment financing for northern St. Louis to persuade the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to stay ...
Read More »High court rules against Spider-Man toy inventor
The inventor of a popular Spider-Man web-shooting toy can’t keep reeling in royalties after his patent ran out, the Supreme Court ruled Monday The justices ruled 6-3 against Stephen Kimble in his long-running dispute with Marvel Entertainment over a Web ...
Read More »Governors’ trade missions have uneven record of success
Governors across the country have been packing their bags for all-expenses-paid trade missions abroad, spending taxpayer dollars on costly trips that have an uneven track record of yielding any tangible benefits for their states. Last week alone, governors of 10 ...
Read More »For Missouri firm, trade trip brings sales but no big deals
Jesse Stricker was wowed from the moment he stepped off an airplane in Milan, Italy. A limousine was waiting to carry him to a luxury hotel. Then it was on to a formal restaurant, where Stricker found himself seated at ...
Read More »Ferguson mayor facing another recall push
A group seeking the ouster of Ferguson’s mayor has submitted a new batch of petitions seeking a recall election in the wake of last summer’s police shooting death of Michael Brown. Ground Level Support’s push to recall James Knowles III ...
Read More »Missouri group cited in shooting suspect’s alleged manifesto
A Missouri group cited in an online manifesto purportedly written by the Charleston church shooting suspect was founded 30 years ago, and a civil rights organization calls it a “crudely white supremacist group” that is the “modern reincarnation” of efforts ...
Read More »Attorneys win $5.6M over handling of real estate investment
A group of St. Louis-area attorneys won a $5.6 million verdict against Apex Clayton Inc. for its handling of a real estate investment group in which they are limited partners. After a week-long trial, a St. Louis County jury made ...
Read More »High court to hear dispute over gov’t contracts to veterans
The Supreme Court will decide whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is complying with a law designed to increase the number of federal contracts awarded to small businesses owned by disabled veterans. The justices on Monday agreed to hear ...
Read More »Couples, officials, foes readying for US gay marriage ruling
With a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage expected any day now, gay couples in states with bans are making wedding plans, courthouse officials are getting ready for different scenarios and steadfast foes are working on their strategies to ...
Read More »Man sentenced to life in prison for killing neighbor with ax
A Missouri man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his neighbor with an ax. Ricky Sines was sentenced Friday to life without parole plus 30 years for the killing of 71-year-old Roger Krout in July ...
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