U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark in early October approved what amounts to a sweeping expansion of the case, allowing the Black plaintiffs to add a racketeering charge that alleges Westport’s ...
The lawsuit no longer claims Philip Lopez, a county commissioner, committed political bribery. Lopez is a candidate in Tuesday’s election.
A Jackson County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Independence man to 20 years in prison in the 2024 fatal shooting of Adrian ...