Messenger: Should tiny Peaceful Village in Missouri even exist? Voters may again decide

The battle for the soul of Peaceful Village is taking place on multiple fronts. On Monday, Nick McKnight was the lead soldier on two of them.

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Messenger: Contempt for the rule of law is not a Missouri value

The seven justices of the Missouri Supreme Court took a unanimous and brave stand for the rule of law.

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Messenger: Missouri's mental-health crisis puts ‘sword-slayer’ case in limbo

She is stuck in the middle of a mental health crisis in jails that paralyzes the criminal justice system in Missouri. "The system is terribly broken.”

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Messenger: Victims of Missouri 'squatter’s law' seek justice, and a place to stay

"They basically gave me 30 minutes to pack up what I could and leave."

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Messenger: St. Louis woman sends ‘thank you’ notes to judges amid rising threats

New report says threats to federal judges are rising every year as Trump administration heaps scorn upon them.

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Messenger: St. Louis immigrant has no criminal record. He spent 6 months in jail anyway.

Bond hearings have been part of the immigration system for decades, but the Trump administration has a new reading of the law, allowing immigrants to be detained without a hearing.

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Messenger: Missouri's high court to decide if residents can be a check against legislators

Several cases before Missouri Supreme Court center on similar underlying issue of democratic checks and balances.

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Messenger: Mark Twain Hotel's closure adds to the affordable housing crisis in St. Louis

Closure of hotel might help clean up downtown, but it also highlights housing shortage that contributes to homelessness in St. Louis region.

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Messenger: Missouri grandma cooks free breakfast for neighbors. County tells her to stop.

“It’s incredibly common for people to prepare food at home and share it with others ... She’s never asked anybody to pay.”

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Messenger: Crime drops in cities. Even the White House says so. Trust the numbers now?

Violent crime continues to drop in St. Louis, as in most cities across the U.S. Here's who deserves the credit.

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Messenger: A divided nation finds unity in opposition to data centers and Flock

The nationwide roar of disapproval over both data centers and Flock cameras is about fundamental fairness.

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Messenger: Hoskins sheds MAGA-red blazer for black robe. Will high court allow it?

Missouri Supreme Court faces task that is bigger than redistricting battle. Can one man stifle democracy?

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Messenger: 33 years later, scapegoat for the Great Flood of '93 wins parole

James Scott is the only person in Missouri history convicted for intentionally causing a catastrophe. He maintains his innocence.

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Messenger: Chesterfield man uses AI skills for medical app to help his wife and others

Jeff Heaton teamed up with doctors at Johns Hopkins to create Dynaface, a mobile app to measure facial changes.

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Messenger: A Shakespeare's Pizza cup, a milestone birthday, a walk down memory lane

As youngest son turns 21, a look into the past, and some pondering about a future amid changing times.

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Messenger: Another 'slow-flip' victim in St. Louis seeks justice from landlord

Out-of-state 'landlord' tried to turn renter into buyer, and then evict her when she fell behind. She's fighting back.

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Messenger: Mental health and the court system in Missouri: Is there room for justice?

70-year-old woman has been in care of Department of Mental Health for 27 years. She doesn't want to die there.

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Messenger: Are historic amendment losses a tipping point in the Show-Me State?

The voters of Missouri sent a message to the folks who tried to take away their ability to participate in democracy.

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Messenger: A new tale of a mentally ill man who died in a Missouri jail. Anyone care yet?

Quincy Baker was being treated at the psyche ward, where he belonged. He got sent to the city jail to die.

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Messenger: Chesterfield man wanted his wife dead. An order of protection saved her.

Five-year-old Missouri law helps domestic violence victims keep extended orders of protection in place for years.

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Messenger: Her crime had a 7-year sentence in Missouri. She's not free 27 years later.

70-year-old woman has been in custody of the Department of Mental Health for 27 years for nonviolent crime.

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Messenger: Kangaroo court? Assault case against 85-year-old is dropped in Creve Coeur

“I have never seen a prosecutor treat a judge with that sort of disrespect."

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Messenger: He helped his daughter enlist in the Army. Then ICE arrested him.

“He’s living a devout Catholic life. It’s awful to see how he’s been treated. He’s just like the rest of us,” said a spokesman for the St. Louis Archdicese.

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Messenger: New education task force in St. Louis can learn from past efforts

From Ferguson Commission Report to Spainhower Commission, the answers to fix St. Louis schools are out there.

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Messenger: ICE releases pregnant St. Louis immigrant. It's a win for human dignity.

Guatemalan immigrant had been detained even though she was four-months pregnant and had active asylum case.

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Messenger: She was once homeless in St. Louis. Now she helps others in a rough spot.

Nonprofit Assisi House becomes haven for homeless men and women, who pay rent and can live there as long as they want.

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Messenger: Are St. Louis cops brave? Of course. Now, some judges need to be brave too

The battle for accountability will end up before the Missouri Supreme Court, where it's St. Louis vs. the state of Missouri when it comes to police.

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Messenger: This case shows a crisis in Missouri jails. 'Just sitting in a cage is not OK'

St. Louis man has been declared incompetent for trial, but state's mental health backlog keeps him locked up.

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Messenger: Business dispute in tiny Rosebud leads to arrest, free speech issues

“It’s crazy...You can’t go around arresting people for saying things that are true.”

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Messenger: Cardinal from Peru says battle against Doe Run was about 'truth and justice'

Lawsuit alleging lead poisoning of Peruvian children took 19 years to reach a $150 million settlement.

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