An employee of MPS Group, a contractor at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, filed suit claiming that she was sexually assaulted by her supervisor and that the company did nothing about it.

Missouri courts just dealt a one‑two punch to ‘no‑chance’ gaming and tightened the screws on defamation defenses. Here’s what every publisher and advertiser needs to know.

Missouri’s “false light” future may hang on one tweet: a wrongly tagged “Chiefs parade shooter,” a shaky tort the courts can’t quite kill, and a Section 230 fight that could reshape social‑media liability in 2026.

Almost two years after his alleged curb-stomping by officer Christopher Showalter, William Hardy still faces municipal charges in Kansas City.

A Kansas City man says his life changed in seconds and it was caught on video as a police officer slammed his head into the ground while he was handcuffed.

The victim, Mike Hardy, is sharing his story, still living with the effects of a traumatic brain injury and demanding accountability for the officer involved, who to FOX4’s knowledge, remains employed by the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD).

An 18-year veteran female officer is suing the Independence Police Department, alleging discrimination and retaliation after raising concerns about leadership decisions within the department.

Missouri’s high court just rewrote the redaction rulebook: fewer blackout pages, tougher standards for sealing records, but a new “catch‑all” category that could still make some case files quietly vanish from public view.

A pro-Palestinian student organization has sued the University of Kansas, accusing the university and top administrators of selectively enforcing campus rules and punishing student activists after a protest last spring. It is the second lawsuit to arise from the university’s response to Gaza-related demonstrations in May 2024.

Missouri reporters: your next Sunshine “gift” to yourself is a fax machine. Ask Highway Patrol for crash records using DPPA exemption 14, save the redactions they send back—and help build the case to put names back online.

A former officer has filed a discrimination lawsuit, which claims her career was destroyed after her response to a dying colleague was deemed ‘overly emotional. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Jackson County District Court on Monday, Nov. 10, alleges that Erin Wildman was sexually discriminated and retaliated against by the Independence Police Department.

Thinking about converting your paper to nonprofit status? Here’s the tease: the path can unlock new donor dollars and community support—but it’s a one‑way street that changes who owns, governs, and defines your newsroom’s mission.

Automatic renewal might be saving your A/R—but it could also be your next legal headache. “Negative option” newspaper subscriptions are drawing fire from regulators and courts, and now is the time to tighten up how you disclose and cancel them.

“Gag‑order” codes of conduct may sound like good governance, but in Missouri they collide with the Sunshine Law and the First Amendment—and could cost cities far more in litigation than any embarrassing leak ever would.

Daniel Fox alleges that police refused to investigate a break-in next door to his house and later intimidated him into deleting a Twitter post critical of the police's alleged inaction.

Missouri’s crash‑report blackout and disappearing phone data share the same flaw: agencies are hiding behind strained readings of privacy and “possession” where the Sunshine Law’s public‑safety mission—and a broader notion of control—should keep those records in the open.

When agencies rewrite the rules by press release, litigation becomes the “last resort” first step: Missouri’s Highway Patrol crash‑report rollback may violate both Sunshine mandates and state rulemaking laws, inviting a court fight over names the public long relied on.

Missouri reporters shouldn’t need a magic password to open public records. When “Open Barley” technicalities block databases, crash reports vanish, and AI raises fresh ethics questions, it’s time to reaffirm the Sunshine Law’s spirit—and adopt clear newsroom policies for both access and automation.