A federal lawsuit alleges a Delaware County couple who kept foster children and adopted others was alerted by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services of pending visits for checks on the children’s welfare.
Local elected officials and state lawmakers are praising Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon for calling for settlement money to be spent in areas damaged by lead mining.
Attorneys for a Kansas judge contend recent legislation changing judicial selection in Kansas is unconstitutional. But the state argues the law is a proper exercise of longstanding legislative authority.