A man on trial for the fatal shooting of a St. Louis County police officer had talked on social media and in text messages about wanting to die in a “suicide by cop” encounter and told the fallen officer’s partner ...

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A Missouri appeals court ruled that a woman who was demoted from a managerial position via text message had good cause to quit her job and therefore qualified for unemployment benefits.

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A case in which St. Louis County public defenders sought — and were granted — relief for heavy caseloads now is headed to the Missouri Supreme Court.

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A man and woman who were injured in a rear-end collision in St. Louis County have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the other driver for $1 million, according to their attorney. Ryan R. Cox of Ryan R. Cox & ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Lorne J. Baker to fill an associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County. Baker, an administrative law judge since 2016, succeeds Judge John N. Borbonus III, who was recently elevated to circuit judge. He ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Lorne J. Baker to fill an associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County. Baker, an administrative law judge since 2016, succeeds Judge John N. Borbonus III, who was recently elevated to circuit judge. He ...

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A suburban St. Louis substitute teacher is seeking answers after claiming he was banned because he thanked students for saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Jim Furkin has worked as a sub for about a decade in St. Louis County’s Parkway ...

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A suburban St. Louis substitute teacher is seeking answers after claiming he was banned because he thanked students for saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Jim Furkin has worked as a sub for about a decade in St. Louis County’s Parkway ...

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This story has been updated. St. Louis County voters declined on Nov. 6 to retain Associate Circuit Judge Judy Preddy Draper, making her the fourth judge dismissed by voters since the adoption of Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan in 1940. Draper ...

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Sometimes a party can lose in court yet still score a small win outside of it. That may describe what occurred several weeks ago, when a U.S. District Judge ruled against three plaintiffs represented by ArchCity Defenders, the civil-rights law firm in St. Louis.

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The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission will interview 31 applicants for an associate judgeship in St. Louis County on Oct. 24 and 25. The applicants are seeking to fill the vacancy left by Judge John N. Borbonus III, who recently was ...

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