Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Heading into Spring Flooding Season, Missouri River Remains Low
Mar 5 2021 // This year is shaping up to be drier than normal throughout the Missouri River basin, and the risk of flooding is generally below normal throughout the region because conditions remain dry and snowpack levels are below...
Workers’ Comp Benefit Denied to Family of Missouri Officer Who Died from Virus
Mar 3 2021 // The family of a Lebanon, Mo., police officer who died of COVID-19 has been denied workers’ compensation, city officials said. Officer Kendle Blackburn died Dec. 28 after a long battle with the virus. A release from...
Coffman, Wilkerson Join Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Mar 3 2021 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of agencies in Missouri and Illinois, has appointed Josh Coffman as alliance coordinator and Denise Wilkerson as personal lines specialist. Coffman...
Bill to Limit COVID-19 Lawsuits Approved in Missouri Senate
Feb 24 2021 // Missouri senators have passed a bill to shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. The GOP-led Senate voted 20-13 in favor of the bill, which now goes to...
Missouri Auto Parts Manufacturer Cited in Worker’s Coronavirus Death
Feb 24 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri-based auto parts manufacturer for failing to maintain safe workplace conditions after worker tested positive for coronavirus and subsequently died of COVID-19, the...
Southeast Missouri Barn Fire Kills 10 Horses at Riding Academy
Feb 22 2021 // The Missouri State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a barn fire that killed 10 horses in southeast Missouri. The fire broke out at night on Feb. 18 at Fox Run Riding Academy in Cape Girardeau. The Southeast...
$23.9M Returned to Missouri Insurance Consumers in 2020
Feb 18 2021 // The Consumer Affairs and Market Regulation divisions of the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) helped consumers receive an additional $23.9 million from their insurance companies in 2020, the department...
OSHA: Missouri Plumbing Contractor Fined $299.5K for Trench Safety Violations
Feb 18 2021 // Barely two years after an Oak Grove, Missouri, plumbing contractor agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors...
Rinehart Named VP, Human Resources, at Missouri’s Columbia Insurance Group
Feb 17 2021 // Columbia Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, has appointed Julie Rinehart as vice president – Human Resources. Rinehart has served as employee development specialist since joining the company in 2014....
OneDigital Acquires Missouri’s HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management
Feb 11 2021 // OneDigital has acquired HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management (HM), located in St. Louis, Missouri. This acquisition is the first to integrate property/casualty (P/C) into OneDigital’s suite of health, retirement...
Bill to Stem Virus-Related Lawsuits Advances in Missouri Senate
Feb 4 2021 // Missouri senators on Feb. 3 advanced a bill that would shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the coronavirus pandemic. Senators gave the measure initial approval...
New Duck Boat Tours Planned for Missouri Lake Where 17 Drowned
Jan 13 2021 // A new company said it is planning to bring tours featuring “unsinkable” amphibious boats back to a Missouri lake where 17 people drowned when a duck boat sank in 2018. The owners of Branson Duck Tours LLC said...
2 Injured in Fire that Destroyed Southwest Missouri Grocery, Mosque
Dec 30 2020 // At least two people were being treated for injuries at hospitals in southwest Missouri after a fire destroyed a grocery store and an adjacent mosque that were gathering spots for immigrants in the small town of Noel,...
Judge: Government Must Pay Lower Missouri River Landowners for Flood Damage
Dec 23 2020 // The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The...
Missouri Employers Mutual Names Smith VP, Claims; Expands Executive Team
Dec 17 2020 // Tim Smith has joined Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM) as vice president of Claims. He will provide executive-level leadership to claims outcomes, strategy and initiatives. Smith comes to MEM from NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co....
Missouri Construction Company to Pay $38K to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Dec 10 2020 // A St. Louis, Mo.-based construction company that revoked an applicant’s job offer after learning she was pregnant will settle a federal discrimination lawsuit for $38,000. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Criminal Counts Dismissed Against 3 Employees in Missouri Duck Boat Deaths
Dec 7 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people. U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool filed an order on Dec. 2...
Missouri Nursing Home to Pay $40K to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Claims
Dec 3 2020 // A Kansas City-area nursing home has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it paid female nurses less than male nurses, federal authorities say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that Edgewood...
Rawlins to Succeed Moore as President, CEO at Missouri’s Shelter Mutual Insurance
Nov 30 2020 // The Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., has named Randa Rawlins as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Rawlins will succeed current President and CEO Matt Moore, who will retire in June 2021. Upon Mr....
Rawlins to Become CEO of Shelter Mutual as Moore to Retire
Nov 25 2020 // Shelter Insurance announced that Randa Rawlins would become Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.’s next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021, in anticipation of the retirement of current President and CEO Matt Moore,...
