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Jeff Feltz and Mary Jennings, staff members of Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard, deliver toiletries Friday morning upon their arrival at Midwest Litigation Services in St. Louis for a fundraiser for the Center for Women in Transition, which assists women in the criminal justice system. Midwest Litigation has held the fundraiser for the past six years. Photo by Karen Elshout

A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was critical of the agency after a handcuffed Iowa man fell from a patrol boat and drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks has been disciplined for speaking out.

The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission on Thursday selected Jason R. Brown, Mark A. Powell and Margaret Holden as finalists for a circuit judgeship created by the retirement of Judge J. Dan Conklin.

The shifting of the St. Louis County Courts Building main entrance has been delayed until June 22, according to an announcement on the Missouri courts website.. The court announced last week that the main entrance would be at 105 S. ...

The Missouri Bar’s annual Solo and Small Firm Conference kicked off Thursday with words from a lively speaker, who urged attorneys to get more involved in efforts to improve the criminal justice system. “Do I have a message this morning? ...

A Utah man who once ran for Congress in Missouri may have committed commercial terrorism when he repeatedly stole and disposed of a rival tourism business’s brochures, authorities say. Scott Jay Eckersley pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges after ...

The Social Security Administration told Leroy Burchett and some 900 others like him in Kentucky and West Virginia last month that their disability benefits were being cut off because they were tied to an attorney suspected of fraud. His wife ...

Americans stepped up their spending at retailers in May, especially for autos, clothes and building materials, in a sign that strong job growth has begun to boost store sales. Retail sales rose at a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent annual rate ...

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office requested a rehearing Wednesday before the U.S. appeals court that agreed last month with a lower court that a state law unconstitutionally burdens women by banning abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy if a ...

Under threat of trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico, the House has voted to repeal a law requiring country-of-origin labels on packages of beef, pork and poultry. The World Trade Organization rejected a U.S. appeal last month, ruling the labels ...

Federal regulators are going after people who raise money online through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe but don’t follow through on their promises. In its first case involving crowdfunding, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it has settled ...