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Crime / Courts
Suspect tried for hipat assault
The trial has started for a man charged with assaulting a highway patrolman last March, then...
Chiropractic students out of joint
The Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City has been ordered to pay 19 former students more...
Missouri, Station Casinos reach pact
The Missouri Gaming Commission has unanimously approved an agreement with Station Casinos to end...
Accused sex offender nabbed–again
Two-time jail escapee Sean Logan has been caught at the Western Missouri Mental Health Center in...
Concealed weapons targeted in KC
Concealed weapons won't be tolerated in Kansas City. Jackson County prosecutor Bob Beaird says his...
Yuletide crooks on the prowl
Law enforcement officers are reminding people to be careful as they get into the frenzy of...
AG warns of pyramid schemes
An infamous Missouri pyramid scheme is back again. The attorney general's office this summer went...
Accused killer recaptured in KC
The man accused in a Westport killing has been re-captured after accidentally being let go....
Family busted for meth lab
Two people are accused of making methamphetamine in a Springfield hotel room. Three children with...
2 arrested in bomb hoax
Two Springfield High school students have been arrested after telling another student a bomb was...
Cop faces weapons charge
A policeman in DeSoto is charged with threatening a fellow officer. Jefferson County prosecutor...
Jeff City suspect pleads not guilty
A man who walked into the State Highway Patrol's Jefferson City office to declare he had killed...
Former KC chief avoids harsh penalty
The prosecution and defense each got what they wanted in the drug case against a former Kansas...
KC cop innocent in crash
A Kansas City police officer has been found innocent in a fatal traffic crash one year ago. Travis...
Guilty plea in Fulton theft
A Callaway County woman has admitted to stealing $30,000 from the Fulton Housing Authority. Former...
Mother of dragged child appears on Oprah
The mother of Jake Robel says she still cannot forgive herself on year after her son was dragged...
Police charge reform party hopeful
One of the candidates for secretary of state is charged with hitting a postal worker with a box of...
Courts limit police forfeitures
A court ruling has limited the ability of the Kansas City police department to keep much of the...
Wife of condemned inmate distraught
Prison inmate James chambers died quietly overnight, surrounded by anguish outside the execution...
Former lawmaker gets prison term
A former state representative is headed to a federal prison next January, instead of the state...
Chambers worries for wife
Condemned inmate James Chambers tells the Missourinet he is preparing for his execution, holding...
Wilson considers death case
Governor Roger Wilson will be deciding for the third time if somebody should be executed for...
Judge: War on drugs a failure
Outspoken federal judge Scott Wright has pronounced the war on drugs a failure. Furthermore, he...
Chambers wife asks for mercy
A condemned man's wife pleads for his life as the avenues for appeals dwindle. James Chambers is...
Kidnapped infant returned
A premature baby kidnapped from a Springfield hospital is back at the hospital and her parents and...
Two dead at Baptist parsonage
An apparent murder-suicide at a Kansas City parsonage has left two dead. They are the wife and...
Snickers, M&M’s, syringes, and condoms
A man is accused in Jefferson City of giving trick-or-treaters syringes and condoms. A charge of...
UMKC student kidnapped, raped
A female student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has been kidnapped and raped. Police...
Minister charged in scam
A minister accused of trying to sell worthless mortgages to at least 75 people has been indicted....