A federal appeals court has rejected a political activist’s arguments that a Missouri law allowing random inspections of commercial vehicles without probable cause is unconstitutional. On July 26, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...

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Missouri’s former public safety director oversaw $1.25 million in payments to a charitable foundation he had ties with and he logged vacation time, including trips to the Daytona 500, as work time, according to a state audit released this week. ...

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Missouri’s former public safety director oversaw $1.25 million in payments to a charitable foundation he had ties with and he logged vacation time, including trips to the Daytona 500, as work time, according to a state audit released this week. ...

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The number of untested rape kits with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crime lab has more than doubled since last August, when a new law requiring police to submit kits within 14 days took effect. As of May 1, 403 ...

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The number of untested rape kits with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crime lab has more than doubled since last August, when a new law requiring police to submit kits within 14 days took effect. As of May 1, 403 ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled May 28 that a man who racked up two misdemeanors in a two-year period still qualifies for expungement. The petitioner, identified in the opinion as R.G., pleaded guilty to an amended charge of ...

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A Bates County man and his mother, both injured in a collision that killed a driver who hit their car head-on, settled an uninsured motorist lawsuit against their own insurer for a total of $320,000. Gene Allen Morris, 53, and ...

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a former Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant who alleged he was discriminated against after speaking out about the drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man. U.S. District Judge Willie Epps found Wednesday that ...

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a former Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant who alleged he was discriminated against after speaking out about the drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man. U.S. District Judge Willie Epps found Wednesday that ...

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