Shelby McBride sees "frequent flyers" in and out of her Common Pleas Courthouse office to file ex parte orders of protection on a daily basis. The Cape Girardeau County circuit clerk knows victims ...

Until then, people can file ex parte protection orders during business hours — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday — at the Greene County Circuit Clerk's Office, which is on the second ...

A common denominator in the myriad of charges Attorney General Jim Hood has leveled against Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith is his alleged use of "ex parte communications ...