Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Midwest Hit by Damaging Hail Storms, Tornadoes
Jun 5 2014 // Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on June 2 as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes. The National...
Missouri High School Team to Skip Bass Tournament Due to Insurance Troubles
May 28 2014 // Concerns about insurance requirements will keep a southwest Missouri high school team from participating in the first high school bass pro fishing tournament in June. Nixa High School anglers won’t be part of the...
Missouri Legislature OKs Criminal Checks for Health Advisers
May 23 2014 // Despite a federal court order against their current law, Missouri legislators voted to toughen requirements even further for people seeking to work as insurance guides under President Barack Obama’s health care...
Ridesharing Service Gains Kinder Favor in Missouri
May 21 2014 // A ridesharing service embroiled in a legal dispute with the St. Louis taxi commission has received a public show of support from one of the state’s top elected leaders. Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder urged the...
Former Anheuser-Busch VP Loses Gender Bias Suit in Missouri
May 19 2014 // Anheuser-Busch did not discriminate against a former executive by paying her significantly less than a male predecessor, a jury in St. Louis, Mo. decided Friday. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for more...
People – Midwest
May 19 2014 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance promoted Tim Heyroth to the newly created position of vice president-sales. Heyroth, who has been with SECURA for more than 17 years, will be responsible for developing and...
EF2 Tornado Hammers Missouri Town, State of Emergency Declared
May 12 2014 // Residents in a small northwest Missouri town that took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado were busy on May 11 assessing damage and rescheduling events, like the coming high school graduation. The tornado Saturday evening in...
Missouri Law Bars Contractors from Paying Deductibles on Commercial Property
May 2 2014 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that supporters say is aimed at protecting commercial property. A 2011 Missouri law bars residential contractors who fix roofs or complete other exterior repairs...
Couch, Leung Named to Leadership Posts at Missouri Insurance Department
Apr 15 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance appointed two veteran regulators to key leadership posts. Carrie Couch has been named the acting director of the Consumer Affairs Division and William Leung has joined the Division of...
Judge’s Order Allows Headlight-Flashing in Missouri County
Apr 10 2014 // A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting a St. Louis County town from ticketing drivers for flashing their headlights to warn other drivers that police are nearby. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey...
Missouri Insurance Department Celebrates 145 Years
Apr 7 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance marked its 145th anniversary on March 4. The state legislature created what was then called the Division of Insurance in 1869. At that time, 171 insurers were authorized to sell...
Basketball Coach Admits Being Part of Car Theft Ring
Apr 3 2014 // The women’s basketball coach at Highland Community College in northeast Kansas, who once coached at Southeast Missouri State University, pleaded guilty to being part of a car theft ring that prosecutors said staged...
Discrimination Lawsuits Plaguing Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 1 2014 // Kansas City, Mo., has settled four discrimination lawsuits filed by former part-time municipal prosecutors at a cost of more than $1 million since last July, and four similar lawsuits are still pending. The...
Jury Awards $1.14M in Missouri Age Discrimination Suit
Apr 1 2014 // A St. Louis jury has awarded $1.14 million to a former employee of the Missouri Department of Public Safety who accused the department of age discrimination. The St. Louis Circuit Court jury awarded $1.14 million to...
Missouri Governor Signs Chemotherapy Equity Bill
Mar 21 2014 // Missouri cancer patients could soon find it more affordable to take chemotherapy pills under legislation signed by Gov. Jay Nixon. Starting in January, patients could not be charged more than $75 for a 30-day supply of...
Missouri Department of Insurance Recovers $16.1M from Insurers in 2013
Mar 6 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it returned $16.1 million to consumers in 2013 after they filed a complaint against their insurance company. Record recoveries were recorded in 2011 when several natural...
Missouri Housed Endorses Bill Limiting Medical Malpractice Awards
Feb 28 2014 // Seeking to sidestep a court ruling, the Missouri House endorsed legislation that attempts to reinstate limits on the amount of money people can receive from medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill given initial approval...
Red-Light Cameras: Safety Measure or Money Grab?
Feb 25 2014 // The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year. Now the vehicular version of “Candid Camera” may be ending, as it has in other U.S towns...
Texas Cities Find Loophole in Health Insurance Exchange Training Rule
Feb 19 2014 // The Houston Health Department likely won’t have to pay for additional training for most of the “navigators” who are helping city residents enroll in the new federal health insurance marketplace. All it...
Missouri Bill Would Create Online Database for Workers’ Comp Claims
Feb 17 2014 // An online database of workers’ compensation claims would be created under legislation passed by the Missouri Senate. Under the measure, businesses could provide a potential employee’s name and Social Security...
