civil lawsuits

Branson’s Kanakuk sports camp is facing another civil lawsuit, this time from a plaintiff who alleges he was sexually abused when he attended Kanakuk as a kid — and says the camp committed fraud by concealing the actions of a predatory counselor.

District 158 Representative Scott Cupps helps write the state budget. He didn’t appear in Boone County Court on Monday for a civil lawsuit hearing.

In recent days, a Christian boarding school for boys based in southwest Missouri became the target of a new lawsuit with severe child abuse allegations. Defendants include the local county sheriff.

Agape Boarding School in Cedar County has been at the center of many lawsuits over allegations of child abuse.

Federal prosecutors from the Western District of Missouri say the IRS recently investigated John Michael Felts — the owner of Springfield-area restaurants including Taco Habitat, Bourbon & Beale, Hot Cluckers and White River Brewing Company — about a “scheme” to complete fraudulent applications for millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans.

A Missouri doctor charged late last year with more than a dozen felonies on suspicion of child sex abuse now faces a civil lawsuit from a 14-year-old boy.