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The Camden County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has dismissed a case against a Troy attorney who was charged with attacking her former client at a New Year’s Eve party in 2016 at the Lake of the Ozarks.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison ruled Thursday morning that prosecutors had displayed “sanctionable” behavior in their case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens for felony invasion of privacy, but he declined to grant the defense’s request for dismissal.

The mother of a suburban Kansas City teenager who was shot to death by an Overland Park police officer in January is suing the officer and the city. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by Sheila Albers alleges the officer, Clayton ...

The sheriff in Kansas City’s Jackson County is resigning after recently released court documents described him having a sexual and financial relationship with a female employee who’s suing the county. Sheriff Mike Sharp released a written statement Wednesday saying he ...

The Missouri House gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill that would beef up the state’s open-records law. The proposal would essentially give the attorney general’s office subpoena power when investigating open-records violations. Attorney General Josh Hawley has publicly supported ...

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Chesterfield attorney can be sued under federal and state consumer-protection laws in regard to the way he sought to collect a debt.

Advocacy groups on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Missouri for not following federal voter laws. The lawsuit accuses the state of not automatically updating voter registration after address changes and not providing required registration information to ...

The Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of fatal child abuse, ruling that evidence of the large reptiles he kept in his home was “irrelevant and inflammatory.”

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says he believes there's enough evidence to bring a criminal charge and pursue impeachment of Gov. Eric Greitens for allegedly using a charity donor list for political purposes.

Missouri lawmakers considering whether to impeach Republican Gov. Eric Greitens may first have to wrestle with an unprecedented question: Does it matter that the alleged actions occurred before he was in office? There is no definitive answer to that question ...

As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling for keeping the practice on a short leash, saying they could bias juries. The use of dogs in courts ...