President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that will nominate a former Jackson County, Missouri, prosecuting attorney to be the next U.S. Attorney for Kansas.

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A man tracked down and arrested in Thailand faces charges of operating a $4 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors say.

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John Steffen will be arraigned Wednesday morning in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The proceedings are scheduled for 10 a.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last Friday that Steffen had been indicted on a charge of bank fraud. ...

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Kansas City’s next U.S. attorney could take her oath of office this week, while St. Louis’ incoming U.S. attorney has to wrap up his judge duties in mid-Missouri before making the move. The U.S. Senate found time before adjourning on ...

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With the health care bill finally off its plate, the U.S. Senate found time before adjourning last week to confirm Missouri’s next two U.S. attorneys. Richard Callahan was confirmed for the Eastern District, based in St. Louis, and Beth Phillips ...

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St. Louis attorney Eric Tolen is back in court again, but the case does not involve criminal allegations against him. Tolen lost his appeal concerning whether he was the rightful owner of 100 gold coins. The coins were seized from ...

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President Barack Obama has announced his picks for the U.S. attorney openings in both the Eastern and Western districts of Missouri. Obama tapped Beth Phillips, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, to serve as the permanent U.S. attorney for ...

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Federal prosecutors in Kansas City for the first time in their office's recent turbulent history could see one of their own at the helm. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his nomination of Beth Phillips, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, to serve as the permanent U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Phillips has spent a total of roughly five years as a prosecutor in Kansas City and worked in private civil practice for seven years.

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Beth Phillips, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, has been nominated to be the permanent U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. President Barack Obama announced Phillips’ nomination in a press release today. Her nomination will be subject ...

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Eastern District U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway confirmed Friday that she is joining a firm headed by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Hanaway is slated to leave the U.S. Attorney position Monday for a law firm to be known here as Ashcroft Hanaway. Missouri Lawyers Weekly reported in February that Hanaway planned to work with Ashcroft when she left office, but Hanaway declined to comment at that time, saying she first had to formally give her resignation to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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John Wood has the distinction of being the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri who wasn’t touched by the national attorney firing scandal. Todd Graves, who left the office in March 2006, later revealed that he had been ...

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