by Marshall Griffin | Jul 28, 2025 | Crime / Courts, News
A northwest Missouri woman who spent more than four decades in prison for a murder she did not commit is now suing the city of St. Joseph and several former police officers over her arrest in December of 1980. Sandra Hemme, 65, was released last year after serving 43...
by Marshall Griffin | Aug 16, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
An Olathe, Kansas man will spend 78 months in federal prison, without parole, for leading Kansas City police on a chase down an airport runway. Efren Torres-Rodriguez, 35, pleaded guilty five months ago to damaging and disrupting an international airport, and to being...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 18, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
A new federal lawsuit asks a judge to make Missouri’s mail-in voting process easier in an effort to avoid excluding some voters from the November election – and during the ongoing spread of COVID-19. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Missouri Voter...
