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The Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled that a Jefferson County judge lacked enough evidence to deny probation to a man who underwent treatment.

The court is considering the fate of a $28.8M jury verdict for a doctor who alleged he was fired for raising safety concerns regarding Kansas City-area emergency rooms.

Students moving back to campus at the University of Missouri this week are being asked to avoid back-to-school parties and crowded bars and restaurants to help prevent further spread of the coronavirus.

A group of Kansas City plaintiffs’ attorneys who have joined their efforts to help businesses and nonprofits recoup their losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have opened a new front in their litigation: representing academic institutions.

Gov. Mike Parson said he will ask state lawmakers meeting in a special session to give state Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office authority to intervene in homicide cases in St. Louis that he said are not being prosecuted quickly enough.

Activist and former Missouri Rep. Bruce Franks Jr. was among eight people arrested at a protest in Phoenix.

Missouri's top health official has insisted that a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn't make sense, even though the federal government has designated the state a “red zone” for new coronavirus cases.

More than 1,500 people tuned into the Midwest Innocence Project’s first-ever virtual Faces of Innocence Gala on July 30.

The news that St. Louis County will begin recording all grand jury proceedings in homicide cases has potential to be a significant change in policy, one that few if any of Wesley Bell’s fellow Missouri prosecutors appear to employ.

A judge has ordered a halt to evictions in St. Louis through the end of August, but a civil rights advocacy group says the moratorium should be extended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

State and federal governments announced steps aimed at reining in violent crime in St. Louis, prompting Black leaders to question why police reform isn’t part of the conversation.