Article: Buchanan County jurors will receive higher wages

Buchanan County residents will earn a few more dollars for serving as jurors.

The judges of the 5th Circuit Court voted six to one to increase the pay to $25 for jurors who hear a case.

Judge Bill Roberts was the lone voice of descent, saying that pay should be more.

Serving as a Buchanan County juror currently pays $20 a day for each day of a trial.

Currently, only Dallas County, a few miles north of Springfield, Mo., pays serving jurors more, $50 a day, said Kelly Spiers, an administrative assistant to the presiding judge.

Buchanan County averages about six trials a month, said Angie Katakis, the court jury administrator.

According to the average in Buchanan County, more than 900 jurors ...

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