Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
G&G Acquires Missouri’s Robbins Insurance Group
May 9 2023 // G&G Independent Insurance announced the acquisition of Branson, Missouri-based Robbins Insurance Group. The transaction became effective on May 1, 2023. G&G Independent Insurance has been serving the insurance...
Missouri’s Luebbering Joins VIAA
Apr 12 2023 // Luebbering Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 1991, Luebbering Insurance Agency...
Family of Missouri Man Who Died Canoeing Sue, Blaming Dangerous Dam
Apr 11 2023 // CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The family of a man who drowned on a canoe trip is suing two state agencies, alleging a dangerous dam was to blame. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Caleb Gage, of Ballwin, was 32...
Jury: UPS Must Pay $75 Million to Missouri Family Hit by Truck
Mar 10 2023 // LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A jury found UPS Inc. must pay a Missouri family $75 million, after a company driver with a known history of drug abuse collided with a pregnant woman’s car, causing her baby to be born with...
Two Missouri Residents Plead Guilty to $1.2M Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
Feb 16 2023 // Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents. Latoya Marie Brown, 37, who also...
Missouri Cattle Processor Cited for Exposing Workers to Potentially Lethal Carbon Dioxide Levels
Feb 15 2023 // Lone Jack, Mo. – A federal workplace safety investigation at a Lone Jack cattle processing plant – now cited seven times by inspectors for endangering workers since March 2020 – found employees exposed to high levels...
OSHA Fines Missouri Company After Worker’s Death
Feb 2 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year – just a year after another...
Missouri Engineering Company Fined $198K After Fatal Electrocution
Jan 31 2023 // A fourth-year apprentice heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician employed by U.S. Engineering Services suffered fatal electrocution after coming in contact with energized parts while repairing HVAC equipment...
More Radioactive Tests Sought at Missouri School District
Jan 17 2023 // WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) _ In an unusual show of bipartisanship, Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri asked the federal government to perform more testing for radioactive...
Missouri Dairy Producer to Settle $140K Disability Discrimination Suit
Jan 12 2023 // ST. LOUIS – Hiland Dairy Foods, a Springfield, Missouri-based producer and distributor of dairy products, will pay $140,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Missouri Polyurethane Facility to Settle Clean Air Act Case
Jan 5 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Earth City, Missouri, polyurethane manufacturer Foam Supplies Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk...
Missouri Men Sentenced in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
Dec 27 2022 // SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Three Missouri men have been sentenced for their roles in the theft of tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters, which were taken to an Arkansas business as part of a multi-million-dollar...
Missouri Insurance Director Lindley-Meyers Elected President of NAIC
Dec 20 2022 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected officers for 2023 this week during the closing activities of its Fall 2022 National Meeting in Tampa, FL. Missouri Department of Commerce and...
Congress Passes New Law on Tourist Boats After Missouri Tragedy
Dec 19 2022 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. The legislation, which passed the...
Marijuana Now Legal in Missouri, But You Can’t Buy It Yet
Dec 9 2022 // As of Thursday, it was lawful for adults to possess and use marijuana in Missouri. That doesn’t mean you can legally buy it just yet, or use it everywhere. Medical marijuana has been legal in the state since a ballot...
Missouri Elementary School to File Claim After Antisemitic Vandalism Spree
Dec 7 2022 // SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Police in Springfield, Missouri, are investigating after a swastika was sprayed on an elementary school during a vandalism spree. The vandalism at York Elementary School, which is under...
9,000 Hens Killed in Missouri After Latest Case of Avian Flu
Dec 2 2022 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Nearly 9,000 laying hens in Webster County were killed after federal officials confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in the flock, state agriculture officials said. It is the 11th case of the...
Ex-Student Alleges Abuse at Missouri Military Boarding School
Dec 2 2022 // MEXICO, Mo. (AP) _ A former student at the Missouri Military Academy alleges in a lawsuit that school administrators did nothing to stop routine beatings he suffered at the school. The student filed a personal injury...
Missouri Dept. of Insurance Recommends 6.4% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Nov 22 2022 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is recommending a 6.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2023. This marks the seventh time in eight years that average...
EPA Fines Kansas, Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations
Nov 17 2022 // Five home renovation companies in Kansas and Missouri have agreed to pay nearly $132,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic...
