Another wide-ranging anti-crime bill is moving forward in the Missouri Senate. Senate Committee...
Missouri Senate committee passes wide-ranging anti-crime bill
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Crime / Courts
Missouri nearly erases backlog of 7,000 untested rape kits
A few years ago, Missouri had about 7,000 untested sexual assault kits. Those kits help to link...
Missouri program helps to prevent poor people from committing crimes
The Missouri Public Defender System is using an approach that is designed to prevent poor people...
Rowden prioritizes ‘swatting’ bill after prank targets Missouri Secretary of State
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, wants to add ‘private residences’ to...
Missouri bill proposes to grant lifetime protections for victims of dangerous crimes
Could victims and survivors of abuse be granted lifetime protection from their abusers? That’s...
Missouri can sue China, but only on one count
Missouri can proceed with its lawsuit against China, but only on one count. A lower federal court...
Poultry farmers sue Tyson Foods over closure of Dexter plant
A group of poultry farmers is suing Tyson Foods for shutting down its former chicken processing...
Woman who scammed charities, helped to kill mom released from Missouri prison
Gypsy Blanchard is no longer in prison. The now 32-year-old woman who scammed several charities as...
Gypsy Blancharde, who plotted mother’s killing, to be released from prison this week
After serving more than eight years in prison, Gypsy Blancharde is scheduled to be a free woman...
Jackson County pushes back on Missouri’s lawsuit over property tax assessments
Jackson County’s property tax assessment process is headed to court. Missouri Attorney General...
Missouri dealing with growing list of incompetent people in jail awaiting psychiatric bed
Missouri has about 285 people in jail or out on bond that are being supported by the state’s...
Tips to prevent theft, other crimes this holiday season
Holiday shoppers are being warned to be aware of their surroundings so that they don’t fall victim...
Missouri using home genealogy testing to solve crimes
Various law enforcement agencies across the country are using results from home genealogy test...
Luetkemeyer on Santos being expelled from Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to expel New York Congressman George Santos. The...
Missouri hospitals see “dramatic” increase in workplace violence
Violence in the workplace is a growing concern at hospitals in Missouri. Mike Poore is CEO of...
Tips to ward off porch pirates this holiday season
This is Cyber Monday, and as online holiday shopping hits a peak customers are being warned to...
Missouri law enforcement agency boosts patrols this holiday weekend
Many Missouri drivers will hit the road this weekend to return home from the Thanksgiving holiday....
Missouri’s Chief Justice on historic new court: I never thought I would see it in my professional career (LISTEN)
Missouri’s Chief Justice Mary Russell is in charge of a historic state Supreme Court. This is the...
Mum’s the word as Missouri House panel concludes second closed meeting
Mum’s the word as the Missouri House Ethics Committee concluded its second meeting at the State...
Missouri’s latest attempt to defund Planned Parenthood reaches Supreme Court
A fight over defunding Planned Parenthood has made its way to the Missouri Supreme Court. The high...
Missouri court quickly rejects Ashcroft’s ‘politically partisan’ wording for abortion proposals
The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District has unanimously struck down Secretary of...
Southwest Missouri judge chosen to serve on the state’s high court
(Jefferson City, MO) –- The next Missouri Supreme Court judge is from southwest Missouri. Gov....
Attempts to make some abortions legal again make it back to a Missouri courtroom
Back to a courtroom today for proposed initiatives that are designed to make abortion legal again...
Man who killed Missouri sheriff dies in prison
One of two men convicted of killing a southwest Missouri sheriff in the 1980’s has died. The state...
One-year anniversary of St. Louis high school shooting
Today is the one-year anniversary of a shooting at a St. Louis high school that left a student and...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to reinstate controversial Missouri gun law
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Missouri’s request to restore a controversial state gun law. The...
Missouri prosecutors want to help Afghan prosecutors loyal to the U.S. escape
Prosecutors in Missouri are rallying around former prosecutors in Afghanistan who are trying to...
Missouri appeals court upholds conviction of former KC detective who killed black man
A former Kansas City police detective will have to serve a six-year prison sentence for shooting...
CORRECTION: Missouri lawmaker not involved in traffic crash
Last night, Missourinet erroneously reported in this space that a Cole County car crash involved...
Cannabis trade group suing St. Louis County and Missouri over ‘double-taxing’
A marijuana trade group is suing St. Louis County and the state of Missouri over the county...