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Jackson County and the Jackson County Circuit Court have dismissed their civil case against former court administrator Teresa York and others they alleged worked with her to carry out a contract scheme that primarily benefitted her boyfriend.

Federal prosecutors are alleging that two Topeka businessmen and a Kansas City-area man operated a $352 million business fraud scheme that involved using minority or disabled military veterans to obtain federal business contracts. In a civil action filed in Kansas ...

Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd says he is considering asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a reprimand he received for publicly naming and criticizing some residents of a northwest Missouri town who defended a convicted child-sex offender.

A recent state inspection found 11 alleged violations of amusement-park regulations at a Kansas water park where a boy died in 2016, with one raising questions about whether a ride’s parts are being replaced as quickly as recommended. The Kansas ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric G. Zahnd for his conduct while prosecuting a child sexual-abuse case. The court found Zahnd in violation of rules prohibiting lawyers from using means “that have no substantial ...

A Missouri House panel considering whether to try to impeach Gov. Eric Greitens for sexual misconduct and campaign-related allegations endorsed rules Tuesday that would prohibit the governor’s attorneys from cross-examining witnesses during a special legislative session. Greitens’ attorneys raised concerns ...

The African-American community’s frustration with Sen. Claire McCaskill is real. The perception that the Missouri Democrat has ignored black constituents haunts the corners of her campaign receptions in Ferguson, it looms near rallies in Kansas City, and it even sneaks ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Tuesday that a man can’t dodge his child-molestation convictions by calculating his victim’s age from the date of conception.

The U.S. Labor Department has filed a rare lawsuit seeking to overturn a Kansas City-area Teamsters election and force a new vote under federal supervision. The lawsuit raises concerns about how ballots were collected from members of Teamsters Local 41 ...

A woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is defending her account that he coerced her into unwanted sexual activity during an encounter at Greitens’ home several years ago. The woman who has been identified in court ...

A St. Louis judge on Monday appointed the prosecutor in Jackson County as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to refile an invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.