All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 highly...
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...
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...
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...
Nov 17 2022 // M&T Insurance Agency recently merged with Powers Insurance & Risk Management, one of the largest family owned and operated independent insurance agencies in the bi-state region. M&T Insurance agency owner Mark...
Nov 17 2022 // Two Missouri tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent have been indicted for helping clients set up fraudulent tax shelters, file false tax returns and to defraud an insurance carrier, federal prosecutors...
Nov 10 2022 // FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) – Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found no radioactive contamination at a Missouri school that was shut down last month amid fears that nuclear material from a contaminated creek nearby...
Nov 8 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Michael Zahner of Bollinger County, Missouri, and Mark Schmidt of Lancaster County, Nebraska, to take immediate steps to comply with the federal Clean Water...