All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 27 2022 // An employee of Silver Dollar City near Branson, Missouri has died from head injuries while working at the park, federal officials said.The employee was hospitalized Wednesday with “head injuries allegedly sustained...
Jul 25 2022 // Trager Limestone LLC, which operates the Nettleton Limestone Quarry in Caldwell County, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $210,000 civil penalty and perform watershed restoration at a cost of over $300,000, as part of a...
Jul 19 2022 // A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks.Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his...
Jul 5 2022 // The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others.In a federal lawsuit filed last Friday, surviving...
Jun 29 2022 // The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly...
Jun 28 2022 // One day after an Amtrak train crash killed three people in California, another Amtrak train, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, derailed Monday in Missouri, leaving at least three people dead and multiple people...
Jun 22 2022 // Two men were charged with murder in a house explosion near St. Louis that authorities say killed four people who were assembling fireworks in a garage.St. Louis County prosecutors say 37-year-old Terrell Cooks and...
Jun 21 2022 // A house explosion near St. Louis early June 17 that killed a teenager and critically injured several other people might have been caused by explosives used to make fireworks, authorities said.The explosion at around 1:20...
Jun 21 2022 // Five additional lawsuits have been filed accusing a southwestern Missouri boarding school of abusing students.The lawsuits alleging physical and emotional abuse at Agape Boarding School were filed last week in Vernon...
Jun 20 2022 // Recently released data show Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over in Missouri compared to white drivers, and the gap between how Missouri police treat Black and white drivers increased again last year.Differences...
Jun 20 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Jun 15 2022 // Arana Insurance Solutions recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2021, Arana Insurance Solutions was...
Jun 10 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Jun 9 2022 // A judge has thrown out a $4.2 million jury award in a lawsuit filed by a transgender student in the Blues Springs School District who was denied access to male locker rooms and bathrooms.The student, identified in court...
May 25 2022 // Provaznik Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a family of nearly 150 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois.St. Louis, Missouri-based Provaznik Insurance Agency was...
May 24 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services Hires Hunter JohnsonAlliant Insurance Services hired Hunter Johnson as vice president, growing its presence in the Midwest region. Based in Springfield, Missouri, Johnson will deploy his broad...
Apr 29 2022 // A workplace safety investigation following a worker’s fatal crushing injuries at a St. Louis, Missouri recycling facility on Oct. 26, 2021, alleges the company failed to erect guards or barriers to prevent workers...
Apr 25 2022 // Three of the 23 defendants in a lawsuit filed after a University of Missouri fraternity party left a student with serious brain injuries have reached a settlement.The attorney for the family of Daniel Santulli, of Eden...
Apr 7 2022 // A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm.The boat was swamped by waves caused by strong winds shortly after it...
Apr 7 2022 // Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening risk of being buried by thousands of pounds of soil as they worked in an unprotected trench...