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After weeks of increased pressure from Jackson County’s presiding judge, medical personnel are now in place to provide COVID-19 screenings for employees and members of the public for entry to Jackson County Circuit Court facilities.

Tagged with: coronavirus COVID-19 Jackson County Courthouse Judge David M. Byrn

The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a Gladstone attorney who admitted to practicing without a Kansas law license for 17 years in Kansas courts.

Tagged with: Daniel Gonzalez Zarate Missouri Supreme Court Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill into law that will allow people to vote by mail this year if they're concerned about the coronavirus.

Kansas City is reforming police procedures after criticism from black organizations about police conduct during nearly a week of protests as well as long-standing tension between the department and minorities, the mayor announced Thursday.

Tagged with: police conduct Quinton Lucas Rick Smith

Confirmed coronavirus cases are on the rise in Missouri, with triple-digit increases for three straight days in the Kansas City metropolitan areas, according to state health department data.

Tagged with: coronavirus COVID-19 social distancing

Missouri's Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday called on the U.S. attorney general to act in response to nationwide protests against police brutality following the death of George Floyd.

Tagged with: Ahmaud Arbery Breonna Taylor George Floyd Michael Brown police use of force Sen. Roy Blunt

No additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend, the state's top health official said.

Tagged with: coronavirus COVID-19 Dr. Randall Williams Lake of the Ozarks

Civil rights organizations on Wednesday called for the resignation of Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith, hours after a group of mostly black pastors demanded changes to improve relations between police and the city's minority community.

Tagged with: George Floyd Jean Peters-Baker John Hayden Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith Quinton Lucas

The court said it couldn’t second-guess a Columbia city manager’s decision to fire a police officer who severely injured a man in detention.

Tagged with: Court of Appeals, Western District Kenneth Baker Missouri Administrative Procedure Act Rob Sanders

In a sharply worded opinion, the court remanded a workers’ compensation case after the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission repeatedly failed to include relevant documents in the appellate record.

Tagged with: Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of “fanning the flames” of violence amid days of unrest across the nation after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

Tagged with: civil unrest George Floyd President Donald Trump St. Louis County Executive Sam Page