All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2019 // After a year of devastating flooding, several Midwestern states are joining together to try to identify bottlenecks along the Missouri River that can cause waters to back up and worsen flooding in certain areas.Officials...
Aug 28 2019 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) is now known as the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) after the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the...
Aug 19 2019 // After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to...
Aug 19 2019 // After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to...
Aug 14 2019 // Huffman Insurance Group in Moberly, Missouri, has hired Lisa Finnell as its new sales assistant.In this position, Finnell will work directly with clients to determine their specific coverage needs. She will be responsible...
Aug 13 2019 // Steve Stenger, once among the most powerful elected officials in Missouri, has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for orchestrating a pay-for-play scheme.Stenger, 47, the former Democratic St. Louis County...
Aug 9 2019 // Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed more than $413,000 in penalties after citing a Missouri-based barrel maker for multiple workplace safety hazards.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Aug 9 2019 // A 38-year-old Kansas City man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to steal sport utility vehicles and pickups from other states and taking them to Kansas...
Aug 7 2019 // Global insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Truss LLC (Truss), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Truss has more than 40 years of...
Jul 29 2019 // Repairs to Missouri government facilities damaged by recent tornadoes and flooding could cost almost $13 million, a majority of which would go toward fixing a historic prison that state officials are still trying to decide...
Jul 25 2019 // Jurors have awarded more than $2 million to a Missouri man who was injured when a driver threw a tractor-trailer in reverse on Interstate 35 in Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that Michael Whitt, of the Kansas City...
Jul 24 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri contractor for exposing employees to trench engulfment hazards and imposed more than $212,000 in penalties.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Jul 24 2019 // Some Nebraska and Iowa businesses are still struggling to recover from flooding that damaged their properties or otherwise kept customers away from their doors.The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimated that in...
Jul 22 2019 // Bayer AG, facing an upcoming trial in St. Louis over allegations that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, has recruited Missouri-based expert witnesses to make its case in a place where it has century-old roots but...
Jul 18 2019 // Tim Norris has taken the helm as sole owner and chief executive officer of Kansas City, Missouri-based National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG).Norris founded the agency in 2008 but stepped back from day-to-day...
Jul 15 2019 // A company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, said that it has settled or is in the process of settling more than half of the lawsuits it faces.KYTV reports that Ripley...
Jul 15 2019 // Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a bill that would have allowed some motorcycle riders to drive without helmets, citing opposition to an unrelated provision in the measure.The legislation would have repealed...
Jul 12 2019 // Missouri officials say widespread flooding has cost an estimated $29 million in damages to roads and bridges, and dozens of other sites haven’t even been evaluated yet.Missouri Department of Transportation records...
Jul 11 2019 // A federal lawsuit says Mississippi is violating free-speech rights by banning makers of plant-based foods from using terms such as “meatless meatballs” and “vegan bacon.”The lawsuit against...
Jul 10 2019 // New figures show that more than 600 homes, businesses and government buildings were damaged by a tornado that tore through Missouri’s capital city earlier this year.A report released jointly by Jefferson City and...