Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Insurance Specialists to Offer Assistance Following Tornado
Dec 16 2021 // Customer insurance specialists from the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance will participate in resource centers to assist customers who were affected by the recent tornado. A Multi-Agency Resource Centers will...
Missouri Jury Awards Transgender Student $4 Million
Dec 16 2021 // A Kansas City-area school district must pay a transgender student $4 million after it refused to let him use the boys’ restrooms or locker rooms, a Jackson County jury decided. The jury on Monday found the Blue...
Report: Missouri Governor Planned to Thank Glitch-Finding Journalist
Dec 6 2021 // Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was instead preparing to thank...
Crash Kills 2 Missouri Highway Workers
Nov 22 2021 // Two state Department of Transportation workers were killed and another was seriously injured Thursday after they were hit by a car on an interstate ramp in eastern Missouri, authorities said. The collision occurred as the...
BRP Group to Acquire Missouri’s Brush Creek Partners
Nov 19 2021 // BRP Group, Inc., through an indirect subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Brush Creek, LLC. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Brush Creek Partners, also operating as “bcp...
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southeast Missouri
Nov 18 2021 // A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck southeast Missouri late Wednesday, Nov. 17, according to the United States Geological Survey earthquake map. The earthquake hit northwest of Poplar Bluff, a town with a population of...
7.7% Workers’ Comp Decrease Recommended in Missouri
Nov 16 2021 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is recommending a 7.7 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2022. This marks the largest overall decrease since 2009. “Recommended...
Missouri State-Leased Office Fire Causes More Than $2.5 Million in Damages
Nov 8 2021 // A fire at a Missouri state-leased office building caused more than $2.5 million in damage, a report released by the State Fire Marshal’s Office shows.. Investigators couldn’t determine the exact cause of the...
Buckle Up for Bucks: Kansas, Missouri Drivers on Alert for Deer
Nov 5 2021 // Officials in Kansas and Missouri are urging drivers to be especially cautious this time of year as collisions with deer become more frequent. The Kansas City Star reports that cooler weather and shorter daylight hours mean...
Missouri Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claim
Nov 3 2021 // A Kansas City jury decided in favor of the insurer in the nation’s first jury trail of a lawsuit that sought coverage for business-interruption losses caused by the coronavirus. The jury for the U.S. District Court...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Car Sex
Nov 1 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Tornadoes Cause Damage Along Missouri Illinois State Line
Oct 25 2021 // A large storm system spawned tornadoes along the Missouri Illinois state line late Sunday, Oct. 24, causing structural damage to residences and knocking out power. The National Weather Service reported an EF-0 tornado...
Missouri Officials: Teacher Information Data Breach to Cost $50M Outline
Oct 22 2021 // Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million, the governor’s office confirmed. The estimate includes...
Missouri County Approves $146.7K Settlement to Church’s COVID Lawsuit
Oct 20 2021 // Officials in Missouri’s Jackson County approved a settlement with a church that had sued over COVID-19 restrictions that it claimed discriminated against religion. The Jackson County Legislature voted to approve a...
Great Shakeout Highlights Dwindling Missouri Earthquake Insurance Market
Oct 20 2021 // Millions of Americans will participate in the Great Shakeout on Oct. 21, a day designated to earthquake education and awareness. Annually held on the third Thursday of October, the Great Shakeout encourages schools and...
Paper Uncovers Major Security Flaw in Missouri State Database
Oct 18 2021 // Republican Gov. Mike Parson condemned one of Missouri’s largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers, even though the...
Former Northeast Missouri Town Clerk Sentenced for $315K Embezzlement
Oct 15 2021 // The former town clerk of a small rural community in northeast Missouri was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay back $315,000 to the town. Tracey Ray, 48, pleaded guilty in June to wire...
Judge Rejects Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Ownership Residency Rule
Oct 14 2021 // A federal judge has struck down Missouri’s requirement that a majority of the owners of companies that dispense, grow or manufacture marijuana must be state residents. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey issued a...
Missouri Woman Sues GEICO After Contracting STD During Sex in Car Insured by Company
Oct 11 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...
Company Faces $300K in Fines for Alleged Safety Violations at Missouri Facility
Oct 8 2021 // A Verona, Missouri, nutrition production plant has been hit with 24 citations for workplace safety and health violations and faces more than $300,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials say. OSHA said two...
