Latest Missouri Headlines
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Illinois, Missouri Residents Prepare for Floods with Sandbags, Sweat
Jun 19 2008 // Hundreds of volunteers stacked sandbags atop a levee in small Missouri towns on the evening of June 18, hoping the extra few feet of protection would save the town from record-level flood crests expected to hit this week....
Insurance Agency Joins Missouri Auto Dealer
Jun 16 2008 // First-Time Partnership Offers Agents in Small or Medium Agencies Wider Choices of Companies to Represent When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as...
Missouri Attorney General Police Safety Group to Pay State $450,000
Jun 13 2008 // A nonprofit group that promotes police officer safety is to pay $450,000 to Missouri after allegations from the attorney general’s office that it continued to solicit money from residents who had asked it to...
American Family Says Losses in Midwest $143 Million Since May 1
Jun 10 2008 // One insurance company based in the Midwest says weather-related losses are adding up quickly. Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance Company says that claims are mounting in the Midwest since tornados, windstorms,...
Insurance Agency Joins Mo. Auto Dealer in 1st Time Partnership
Jun 5 2008 // When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as banks now have agencies connected to mortgage lending, a new day has dawned when shoppers for...
Missouri Governor Names Bohrer Acting Director of Insurance Department
May 30 2008 // Gov. Matt Blunt recently announced that Linda Bohrer will serve as acting director for the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Bohrer started working for the department in 1994...
Worker Says Employer Retaliated after Harry Potter Related Dispute
May 29 2008 // The ACLU filed a lawsuit on May 27 against a southeastern Missouri city after a former library worker claimed she was wrongly disciplined when she refused to work at an event to promote a Harry Potter book due to her...
Officials Say April Earthquake a Dress Rehearsal for Future Events
May 21 2008 // Missouri emergency management officials say they’re better prepared for a major earthquake, thanks in part to last month’s 5.2 quake in southern Illinois. Susie Stonner of the State Emergency Management Agency...
Declarations
May 19 2008 // Fees Increase Debate “The department’s creation of this information is funded by taxpayer dollars, and this information was not intended to help private companies increase their profit...
Twisters Hit Record High Early in Season in Midwest
May 19 2008 // One account said that the tornado that hit Seneca, Mo., was a mile wide and traveled 60 miles on the ground before starting to dissipate. On May 4, 2008, the residents of Greensburg, Kan., remembered the anniversary of the...
Tornadoes Kill 15 in Southwestern Missouri; Governor Calls in National Guard
May 19 2008 // Category K-4 tornadoes that cut across three states on Saturday (May 10) night killed 15 people in southwestern Missouri. The hardest areas hit were in rural southwestern Missouri about eight miles north of Seneca and 10...
Recent Tornadoes Underscore Risks of Taking Shelter in Cars
May 14 2008 // Trapped in his car on the way to a friend’s wedding, Rick Rountree and his family never stood a chance once a tornado packing winds of 170 mph hit southwest Missouri. “It’s like taking a handful of...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Specialty Risk of Missouri
May 13 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of Specialty Risk, Inc. of Liberty, Mo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1994, Specialty Risk, Inc. is a...
Tornados in Southwestern Missouri Kill 15; Governor Calls in National Guard
May 12 2008 // Category K-4 tornadoes that cut across three states on Saturday (May 10) night killed 15 people in southwestern Missouri. The hardest areas hit were in rural southwestern Missouri about eight miles north of Senaca and 10...
Missouri Businesses Sue to Stop Fee Increases on Vehicle Records
May 12 2008 // Three businesses sued on Friday, May 9th to halt a state fee increase for obtaining driver’s license and vehicle records, claiming the higher fee violates Missouri’s open-records law as well the state and...
U.S. Tornadoes Take at Least 21 Lives, Destroy Homes, Power Lines
May 12 2008 // Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines. Authorities...
Missouri Lawmaker Balks at Driver’s License Records Fee Increase
May 8 2008 // A leading House Republican said Tuesday, May 6, he will try before the legislative session ends next week to reverse a Department of Revenue decision to increase fees charged to access driver’s license...
7 Die in Arkansas Storms, Raising Year’s Weather-Related Death Toll
May 5 2008 // Residents of communities across Arkansas on May 2 faced the wreckage of homes torn apart by violent weather that has pushed this year’s storm death toll in the southern state up to 26. “You can see the bags...
Missouri Department Touts Market Conduct Reforms
May 2 2008 // Missouri Insurance Director Doug Ommen said proposed market conduct regulations will codify the success of market conduct reforms during Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration. The reforms have resulted in increased...
Missouri Company Agrees to $18 Million Payout in Fatal Accident
Apr 29 2008 // A trucking company has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the families of three women killed in a June 2006 crash. The parent company of Pro Logistics Inc. and two of its subsidiaries agreed to the...
