Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Jan 11 2009 // Lighting Up “We are hoping this will reduce the number of fire fatalities.” —Iowa State Fire Marshall James Kenkel comments on a new law that he and others hope will reduce the number of fatal fires in the...
Missouri Attorney General-elect Adds Former Director Ommen to Staff
Jan 8 2009 // Incoming Attorney General Chris Koster picks a western Missouri prosecutor and a former member of Gov. Matt Blunt’s Cabinet for top staff positions. On Jan. 6 Koster said that Lafayette County prosecutor Page Bellamy...
Insurance at Issue for Mo. Homeowners Using Wind Turbines, Solar Panels
Jan 5 2009 // Problems have arisen with a new Missouri law that was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels. The idea was for the homeowners to be able to send any excess...
Missouri Company Recalls 750 Pounds of Sausage
Dec 30 2008 // A St. Louis company is recalling 750 pounds of sausage products that may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal illness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the sausage products were...
Missouri Lawsuit Questions Insurance Law’s Effect on Energy Production
Dec 29 2008 // A legal center has filed suit against a Missouri commission because it believes a new insurance rule will discourage people from trying to produce their own solar or wind power. The Great Rivers Environmental Law Center...
Drowning Death During Flash Flood Prompts Missouri Family to File Suit
Dec 17 2008 // The daughter of a suburban St. Louis woman killed by a flash flood in September is suing the Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis, which is part owner of the river that flooded. Remnants of Hurricane Ike caused the...
Madrid Zone Earthquake Study a Wake-Up Call for Tennessee, Other States
Nov 30 2008 // A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The study notes that the total economic impact of a series of NMSZ...
Iroquois Expands Managing Partner’s Region to Kansas and Missouri
Nov 17 2008 // The Iroquois Group recently announced that Managing Partner Philip Dawson’s management responsibilities have been expanded to incorporate the states of Kansas and Missouri. He currently handles Iroquois’ Great...
It Figures
Nov 16 2008 // 2 Deer are causing more problems for Nebraskans, and it’s not just on the highways. Two homeowners reported that deer crashed into their houses recently, according to the Associated Press. Monnie and Harvey Maske say...
Missouri Governor-elect Nixon Names Ardini General Counsel
Nov 13 2008 // Missouri Gov.-elect Jay Nixon picks his general counsel from the attorney general’s office to hold the same job in the governor’s office. Nixon said Nov. 12 that Ted Ardini will be the top legal adviser for...
Missouri Residents Question Accuracy of New Flood Maps
Nov 11 2008 // Plans to change the flood zone maps in Springfield, Mo. have several residents upset that they will have to buy flood insurance for property that they say has never flooded. More than 100 homeowners attended a meeting on...
Missouri Judge Refuses to Toss Lawsuit Against Blunt
Nov 5 2008 // A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a former aide to Gov. Matt Blunt claiming defamation and other wrongdoing in his September 2007 firing. Scott Eckersley, the former staff attorney in Blunt’s office, sued...
Missouri Coalition Wants Fewer Than 850 Traffic Deaths
Oct 30 2008 // A Missouri highway safety coalition has set a new goal of cutting annual traffic accident deaths to less than 850 by 2012, which would be the lowest mark since 1949. The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety wanted to get...
Midwestern States Continue to Receive Federal Disaster Aid
Oct 29 2008 // The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving monies to several Midwestern states in the aftermath of flooding earlier in the year. Missouri received $11 million to help recover from flooding damage...
Storms’ Toll Takes on Many Forms
Oct 20 2008 // The industry group says at least $553.1 million in insured losses were left by remnants of Hurricane Ike, which swept through the state on Sept. 14. The economic crisis with the failures of Lehman Brothers, then AIG, and...
E-Mail Retention System Under Fire in Lawsuit Against Mo. Governor
Oct 13 2008 // Missourians may never know whether employees of Gov. Matt Blunt, or in any other state office, wrongly deleted government e-mails. Depositions in a lawsuit against Blunt reveal that the state’s backup e-mail system...
Mo. Docs Move to Kan. Citing Lower Malpractice Costs
Oct 6 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Missouri Receives $8 Million in Disaster Assistance
Sep 24 2008 // More than $8 million in disaster assistance has been approved for Missouri from summer storms and flooding. The relief covers the period of June 1st through August 13th, and includes more than $3.7 million for home repairs...
Docs Tout Lower Malpractice Costs as Impetus to Move to Kansas
Sep 19 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Missouri Workers Honored for Saving Illinois Men During Flood
Sep 18 2008 // Two Missouri Department of Transportation workers are being honored for their efforts to save two Illinoisans during a flash flood. Keith Golian and Thomas Ragland recently received the department’s Meritorious...
