What happens when you steal more than half a million dollars from the fire department you run? In the case of Eric Hinson, you get to spend 35 months in prison -- and have to pay the money back. Hinson, former chief of the St. Clair Fire Protection District and Ladue Fire Department, officials s ... More >>
Public library officials in Salem are pleased with a court order against them this week that says they cannot block Wiccan and Native American websites -- after the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri accused them of refusing to allow a patron to conduct online research on certain rel ... More >>
A judge has issued a ruling in Missouri's very own Salem Witch Trial. A federal district court has ordered the public library in Salem, Missouri to stop blocking patrons' access to websites relating to minority religions, which web filters had at times apparently classified as "occult" or "crimina ... More >>
Milton "Skip" Ohlsen, III -- one-time MMA promoter and political operative whose shady campaign tactics sped the downfall of state senator Jeff Smith -- pleaded guilty yesterday to four charges related to the 2008 bombing inside a Clayton parking garage. His intended target on that fateful day was R ... More >>
Complaint from dumb man proves justice is, indeed, blind.There's a lot that just doesn't add up in a federal jury's decision yesterday to award $865,000 to a man who provoked cops during his arrest and then allegedly fell victim to the rough treatment he asked for. Actually, perhaps I phrased tha ... More >>
He may be facing additional charges.
