By Charles Emerick Scott Eckersley is going back to Jefferson City. A judge transferred part of the lawsuit by the former staff attorney for Gov. Matt Blunt to Cole County from Jackson County last week.

A former deputy counsel for Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has filed a lawsuit accusing the governor of violating the state Sunshine Law by destroying e-mails.

By Jo Mannies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan. 10--Two of Gov. Matt Blunt's top aides last summer ordered all departments in the administration to regularly delete e-mails so potentially damaging messages wouldn't be available to the public, a new lawsuit claims.

By Tim Hoover, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Dec. 5--JEFFERSON CITY -- Just weeks after Matt Blunt abruptly replaced his chief of staff, the Missouri governor's top lawyer has parted ways with the administration.