KANSAS CITY — Staff of The Gasconade County Republican won and placed in both the National Newspaper Association and the Missouri Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contests. … more

Two federal lawsuits  filed last spring against the city of Gerald have been consolidated into a single case. The court found that both lawsuits have common questions of law and fact and … more

Representatives for Tyson Williams have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging civil rights violations by the City of Gerald, along with former Gerald Policemen Ryan McCrary, Scott Ramsey and Bill … more

The long awaited civil trial for more than 20 plaintiffs versus the City of Gerald, several former police personnel, and Bill Jakob got underway last Tuesday.   The lawsuit stems from … more

ST. LOUIS  —  A federal judge has dismissed Gerald’s police department from one civil rights lawsuit but the city, its aldermen, mayor, and three former police officers remain … more

With new legal counsel, Bill A. Jakob seeks to have a federal court clerk’s default order, filed against him last month, set aside. Mark H. Zoole, of Mark Zoole & Associates in St. … more

A federal civil rights violations trial on behalf of Gerald area residents has been scheduled for a two-week period beginning April 19, 2010, in the Eastern District of the U.S. District … more

Nearly two months to the day since an investigation published by The Republican revealed Bill A. Jakob was not a licensed Missouri lawman or the federal drug task force investigator he claimed to be, … more

On Aug. 26, according to the federal court docket, Bill A. Jakob waived his right for an evidentiary hearing and a jury trial has been set  for Oct. 6. Jakob has been charged with 18 counts of … more

The name Bill A. Jakob was first published in The Republican on May 14. His stint as a fake federal agent had come to an abrupt end leaving the town of Gerald to sort through the debris left in the … more