Clay County killings

It sounds like a double murder-suicide.

One of the victims was just 14.

Flag desecration for fun and profit

A Missouri man is awarded $7,000 for spending seven hours in jail after slicing up an American flag.

Tuesday's open thread

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Semi truck robberies alleged

One of the defendants indicted is Myron Piggie, a name well-known to area basketball fans.

Monday's open thread

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Death, taxes and Lindsay Lohan violating probation

Life's certainties.

A "fearful" murder rate in Puerto Rico

If the island becomes the 51st state it looks like it will jump to the top of the country's list of most violent places.

Dad carves pentagram in son's back

Isn't that special.

Thursday's open thread

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Feds jump into Independence triple murder case

They allege that the home invasion robbery was part of a big drug conspiracy case involving 11 defendants.

And the death penalty could be on the table for some of them.

Wednesday's open thread

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Woman in Wasilla, Alaska, arrested...Say, isn't that where...

Well it was worth a gander.

How to stop an armed robbery

Take the gun away from the criminals.

They're out there

I knew it!

Serial killer ex-cop about to get his wish

Death wish.

"What I'm begging you to do is let me have a glorious ending and not condemn me to a state institution for the rest of my life," he told jurors in an extraordinary sentencing in 1988.

Tuesday's open thread

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Monday's open thread

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The demise of evil

The suicide of serial killer Israel Keyes.

 

In Cold Blood act II

The men responsible for one the most famous criminal deeds in Kansas may be responsible for another slaughter of an entire family in Florida.

Taser on trial

The lawsuit in St. Louis was brought by a man who nearly died after police shot him with a Taser in the 2007 incident.

Thursday's open thread

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A gray-haired beat down

A couple of "ladies," one of them 80 years old, are charged with beating up another woman.

A $300K reminder to follow the law

Knowingly hiring an illegal alien will cost a Wichita restaurant owner.