Latest Missouri Headlines
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Gas Explosion at Missouri Home Kills 1, Injures 9
Aug 17 2022 // A gas explosion Monday at a southeast Missouri home killed one person and injured nine others, authorities said. The explosion happened around 7 a.m. in Wyatt, a town of about 280 people that’s about 130 miles (210...
Missouri Voters to Consider Recreational Marijuana Legalization
Aug 15 2022 // A campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri gathered enough signatures to make it on the November ballot, Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced last week. If voters approve the constitutional...
Inszone Acquires Missouri’s First Bosnian Insurance
Aug 11 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of First Bosnian Insurance, providing the second acquisition in the state of Missouri. First Bosnian Insurance opened in 2005 with the goal of helping the growing...
Missouri Insurance Department to Assist Residents After St. Louis Flooding
Aug 2 2022 // Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance announced that consumer specialists will be at Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARC) to assist residents impacted by recent flooding in the St. Louis region. The specialists...
Officials Investigate Missouri Theme Park Worker’s Death
Jul 27 2022 // An employee of Silver Dollar City near Branson, Missouri has died from head injuries while working at the park, federal officials said. The employee was hospitalized Wednesday with “head injuries allegedly sustained...
Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K EPA Penalty
Jul 25 2022 // Trager Limestone LLC, which operates the Nettleton Limestone Quarry in Caldwell County, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $210,000 civil penalty and perform watershed restoration at a cost of over $300,000, as part of a...
Missouri Man Sues Bass Pro for Not Honoring Lifetime Warranty on Socks
Jul 19 2022 // A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his...
Lawsuits Filed After Deadly Missouri Amtrak Crash
Jul 5 2022 // The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others. In a federal lawsuit filed last Friday, surviving...
Upgrades Urged at Missouri Amtrak Crash Site, But No Action
Jun 29 2022 // The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly...
Second Amtrak Crash in Two Days Kills Three in Missouri
Jun 28 2022 // One day after an Amtrak train crash killed three people in California, another Amtrak train, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, derailed Monday in Missouri, leaving at least three people dead and multiple people...
2 Charged With Murder After Missouri Home Explosion Kills 4
Jun 22 2022 // Two men were charged with murder in a house explosion near St. Louis that authorities say killed four people who were assembling fireworks in a garage. St. Louis County prosecutors say 37-year-old Terrell Cooks and...
Missouri Fire Chief: Fireworks Components Might Have Caused Deadly Blast
Jun 21 2022 // A house explosion near St. Louis early June 17 that killed a teenager and critically injured several other people might have been caused by explosives used to make fireworks, authorities said. The explosion at around 1:20...
Missouri Boarding School Accused of Abuse
Jun 21 2022 // Five additional lawsuits have been filed accusing a southwestern Missouri boarding school of abusing students. The lawsuits alleging physical and emotional abuse at Agape Boarding School were filed last week in Vernon...
Missouri Report: Black Drivers More Likely to be Pulled Over
Jun 20 2022 // Recently released data show Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over in Missouri compared to white drivers, and the gap between how Missouri police treat Black and white drivers increased again last...
Geico to Pay $5.2 Million to Missouri Woman Who Contracted STD
Jun 20 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Missouri’s Arana Insurance Solutions Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Jun 15 2022 // Arana Insurance Solutions recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2021, Arana Insurance Solutions was...
Missouri Court: Geico Ordered to Pay $5.2 Million Award to Woman Who Contracted STD
Jun 10 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Missouri Judge Throws Out $4 Million Award for Transgender Student
Jun 9 2022 // A judge has thrown out a $4.2 million jury award in a lawsuit filed by a transgender student in the Blues Springs School District who was denied access to male locker rooms and bathrooms. The student, identified in court...
Missouri’s Provaznik Joins VIAA
May 25 2022 // Provaznik Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. St. Louis, Missouri-based Provaznik Insurance Agency was...
People Moves: Alliant Hires Johnson in Missouri; Gregory & Appel Names Kennedy COO
May 24 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services Hires Hunter Johnson Alliant Insurance Services hired Hunter Johnson as vice president, growing its presence in the Midwest region. Based in Springfield, Missouri, Johnson will deploy his broad...
