Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Governor Aims to Create New Flood Response Agency
Jan 25 2022 // Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants to spend $10.4 million to create a new office that would help the state better prepare for floods and drought. Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Connie Patterson told the...
Disaster Declared for December Missouri Tornadoes
Jan 13 2022 // President Joe Biden has approved Missouri’s request for a federal disaster declaration after deadly tornadoes and strong winds hit the state last month. The designation allows seven southern Missouri counties to...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate Renew Alliance Protecting Workers in Kansas, Missouri
Jan 6 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Consulate General of Mexico in Kansas City have renewed an alliance – first signed in 2013 – to continue their collaborative...
Serial Arsonist Strikes Small Missouri Town 20 Times
Dec 27 2021 // Investigators in a small southern Missouri town are trying to determine the identity of a serial arsonist who is believed responsible for nearly two dozen suspicious fires. KYTV-TV reports that 20 fires have occurred over...
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...
