The victims were as old as 91 and their losses could add up to nearly $20 million. ...more

October 26, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sued a Florida locksmith company accused of deceiving and overcharging customers in Kansas City.Koster said in a news release that Dependable Locks Inc. violated Missouri law by fraudulently advertising itself by at least 16 different names that all led consumers to one company. ...more

April 3, 2009

Almost a year after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, Steven Bartlett's victims are staking a claim on their losses. ...more

March 31, 2009

More games that count, perhaps as early as August 2011? That's exactly what NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants. ...more

March 26, 2009

Brittini Hardcastle, one of the five girls charged in the 2008 videotaped beating of a Polk County teen, was sentenced to 15 days in jail today. ...more

March 20, 2009

Two girls charged in the videotaped beating of a Polk County teen were sentenced to probation this morning. April Cooper was 14 and Kayla Hassell was 15 when they participated in the March 30, 2008, attack on Victoria Lindsay and recorded the beating on video. ...more

March 11, 2009

One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

We are a small condominium association with an on-site manager who does an outstanding job. Some of the owners are here only during the winter months. The question is, do homeowners have the authority to tell the manager that they are the employer and the manager is the employee? ...more

March 1, 2009

An accountant who submitted false statements to a bank so he could get loans for his business and his clients was sentenced today in federal court to one year and a day in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 25, 2009

A county employee accused of falsifying documents for roughly $9,300 in overtime pay was diverted into a court-supervised program on Friday. ...more

February 25, 2009