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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

A retired police captain who died during a night of violent protests was trying to protect his friend's pawn shop, his widow said.

Tagged with: civil unrest David Dorn

Ferguson voters have elected Ella Jones as the city's first black mayor as protests over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of black communities roil the nation.

Tagged with: Ella Jones Ferguson George Floyd James Knowles III

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a statutory reference to federal safety regulations makes the St. Louis Metro system liable for far higher damages than other public entities are.

Tagged with: Damages Cap Mary J. Moore Missouri Supreme Court St. Louis Metro

The court said Lawrence Callanan should be released unless prosecutors opt within 30 days to retry him.

Missouri's governor cut another $209 million from this year's budget, including deep cuts in education, following a steep drop in revenues because of the coronavirus.

Tagged with: budget cuts coronavirus coronavirus economic impact COVID-19 Gov. Mike Parson Margie Vandeven

Protests that began peacefully over the death of George Floyd turned violent in the St. Louis area, where four police officers were shot and a retired St. Louis police captain was shot to death by looters at a pawn shop.

Tagged with: Darryl Gray George Floyd John Hayden Protests Quinton Lucas St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson