Jackson County

Meetings Bailey participated in seem to have violated the rules of professional conduct set out by the Missouri Supreme Court.

A deputy said given the Missouri Attorney General’s Office’s caseload, requiring Andrew Bailey to sit for a deposition could set a troubling precedent.

Clay County Circuit Judge Karen Krauser ordered Attorney General Andrew Bailey to answer questions under oath over an apparent legal ethics breach.

The attorney general can be questioned about his interactions with a Jackson County official as his office sues over the county’s property assessment process.

Missouri prisons can house offenders in county jails after they’re convicted for a cost. But, counties say they’re spending more than what the state pays.

Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies — leaving lasting impacts for survivors.

The Missouri Supreme Court sent a case involving the Second Amendment Preservation Act back to a lower court on Tuesday. The ruling lets St. Louis and Jackson County argue that the law, which prevents police in Missouri from cooperating with federal officials to enforce gun regulations, is unconstitutional.

Cole County Judge Daniel Green ruled on Wednesday that St. Louis and Jackson counties can't intervene in a case in which he decided that local health departments lack authority to issue and enforce health orders.

"The Court's confidence in Strickland's conviction is so undermined that it cannot stand," the judge wrote. Strickland's wrongful imprisonment for nearly 43 years is among the country's longest.

A week after voters approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office announced today that it will...