Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Floodwaters Head South; Officials Weigh Options
Jan 6 2016 // As floodwaters move south along the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is weighing steps it could take to prevent widespread flooding from southern Missouri down to the Gulf Coast. In Louisiana, the Corps...
Cleanup Begins in Illinois, Missouri after Massive Flooding
Jan 4 2016 // The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries on Jan. 3 continued their retreat from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery effort likely to take weeks if not...
Deadly Floods Disrupting Agriculture, Commercial Operations in U.S. Midwest
Jan 3 2016 // Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close. The floods have killed at least 30 people and shut hundreds of roads...
State of Emergency Declared in Missouri; National Guard Activated
Dec 30 2015 // In response to historic flooding in some areas of the state, Gov. Jay Nixon activated the Missouri National Guard to protect local communities and support emergency response personnel. The Guard’s responsibilities...
Floods of Five Rivers Head from Midwest to U.S. Industrial South
Dec 30 2015 // Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri. The water on the Mississippi River is already so high that Missouri has closed interstate highways....
Texas Tornadoes, Midwest Flooding Leave at Least 24 Dead
Dec 29 2015 // At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 13 people died in flooding in the Midwest. It was the latest of a...
People – midwest
Dec 21 2015 // Missouri Insurance Director John Huff has been elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2016. Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P....
J.M. Wilson Adds Montgomery as Asst. Underwriter in Missouri
Dec 17 2015 // J.M. Wilson has hired Ashley Montgomery as assistant underwriter in its Kansas City, Mo., office. Montgomery assists the property/casualty and transportation underwriting departments with setting up and binding policies...
Talley Named Captive Program Manager at Missouri Insurance Department
Dec 16 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed John Talley as its new Captive Program Manager. Talley has nearly 25 years of insurance regulatory experience and was most recently chief of Captive Insurance Operations...
Gun Shop Liability Case Being Heard by Missouri Supreme Court
Dec 10 2015 // A lawyer for a Missouri mother who says a gun and pawn shop should be held accountable for selling her mentally ill daughter the gun she used to kill her own father challenged a claim that state and federal law protects...
Missouri Hotel Closed after Legionnaires’ Bacteria Found
Nov 25 2015 // A hotel in northeast Missouri’s Hannibal is temporarily closed after health officials found evidence of the respiratory-related Legionnaires’ disease there. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports the Best Western in...
A.M. Best: Outlook Stable for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance
Nov 25 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co. (Missouri Valley)...
NAIC Elects Missouri’s Huff President; Other 2016 Officers
Nov 24 2015 // State insurance regulators who are members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers, including Missouri Insurance Director John Huff as president. Other officers elected are...
Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President
Nov 23 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers who will will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2016. President: Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff President-Elect:...
Ex-Instructor Gets Nearly $5M Award in Missouri Discrimination Case
Nov 4 2015 // A St. Louis County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to a former Harris-Stowe State University instructor who argued the historically black school discriminated against her because she is white. Jurors returned the $4.85...
EPA: Missouri Landfill Fire Fix to Come by Year’s End
Oct 28 2015 // A plan to make sure an underground St. Louis-area landfill fire doesn’t reach a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste buried nearby will come before the end of 2015, an Environmental Protection Agency administrator...
Study Shows Pay Gaps for Women, Minorities at U. of Missouri
Oct 26 2015 // Female faculty members at the University of Missouri tend to make $16,000 less than their male counterparts, while racial and ethnic minority faculty members also make $16,000 less than their majority counterparts,...
Court Hears Challenge to Missouri Noneconomic Damage Limits
Oct 23 2015 // A lawyer for the family of a woman who died after a heart operation argued on Oct. 21 to the Missouri Supreme Court that state law limiting how much they can receive in damages is unconstitutional. The case could strike...
Farmers Insurance Agrees to Settle Missouri No-Call Lawsuit
Oct 20 2015 // California-based Farmers Insurance has agreed to pay Missouri $575,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming its agents violated state telemarketing laws. Attorney General Chris Koster said that is the largest amount ever paid to...
Southeast Missouri Rattled by Small Earthquakes
Oct 20 2015 // A pair of earthquakes hit southeast Missouri on Oct. 16, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 3.4-magnitude earthquake, followed 24 minutes later by a 3.2-magnitude aftershock,...
