The downtown Jackson County Courthouse is scheduled to reopen as planned on Feb. 19, according to court officials. In a release Friday, Presiding Judge David M. Byrn thanked members of the bar and the public for their patience during the ...

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The Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Kansas City will remain closed until Feb. 19 while crews repair substantial damage caused by back-to-back water-line breaks and flooding. Until then, court officials said they will continue to reschedule and move cases from ...

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Jackson County officials say the county courthouse in downtown Kansas City will remain closed until Feb. 19 because of extensive water damage from leaking water lines. The courthouse has been closed since Jan. 31 after it was flooded with more ...

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The Jackson County Circuit Court has announced the locations for some hearings originally scheduled for Feb. 7 at the downtown courthouse. The downtown courthouse remains closed through the rest of the week following a weekend water leak in the building. ...

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This story has been updated to reflect the latest information on court hearings. The Jackson County Circuit Court announced on Tuesday the new locations of some hearings set for Wednesday. The court has rerouted dockets in certain divisions as crews ...

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The downtown Jackson County Courthouse will be closed through the remainder of the week following a water line break in the building, according to a county news release. After a water main break caused flooding in the courthouse basement and ...

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The Jackson County Courthouse Annex in Independence will be undergoing a $6.8 million renovation and expansion.

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"Judge" Ryan Brown bangs the gavel to signal the end of a mock trial on Thursday, with a little direction from attorney Anthony Romano, of Polsinelli Shughart. Children of the firm's staff and lawyers toured the Jackson County Courthouse and conducted a trial over the untimely cracking of Humpty Dumpty.

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The Jackson County Courthouse played host last weekend to the Opening Round Championships of the American Mock Trial Association. More than 180 undergraduate students from 19 schools across the country participated in the event, with the winners moving on to ...

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Peggy Stevens McGraw, former presiding judge of the 16th Circuit, knows the nature of work that will occupy Stephen Nixon, her successor. “I sign a lot of things,” McGraw said, making light of the position’s administrative emphasis. Nixon assumed McGraw’s ...

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Twenty-five years after they were mothballed, four floors of the Jackson County Courthouse might again house inmates, if only temporarily. Jackson County and Kansas City officials said Wednesday that they plan to consolidate their detention facilities. Moving city inmates into county facilities would save an estimated $1 million per year, officials said.

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