Latest Missouri Headlines
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Doctors in Missouri Reluctant to Certify Patients for Medical Marijuana
Jun 24 2019 // Missourians looking for physicians to certify them to buy medical marijuana when it becomes available next year are running into resistance from doctors who are reluctant to prescribe the substance. Instead, would-be users...
2 More Workers Indicted in Missouri Duck Boat Sinking That Killed 17
Jun 24 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles...
Flooding Midwest Rivers Test Fortifications Around Missouri
Jun 6 2019 // The flooding Missouri and Mississippi rivers tested sandbag fortifications on June 5 as surging waters making their way downstream rose to some of their highest levels in more than two decades in parts of Missouri. The...
Auto, Homeowner Claims from Severe Midwest Weather Add Up for State Farm
Jun 5 2019 // State Farm said last week it had received over 6,000 homeowner claims and more than 5,000 auto claims related to severe weather that pummeled the Midwest on May 27 and 28. The company reported around 6,110 total homeowner...
Flooding Continues to Strain Levees Along Missouri, Mississippi Rivers
Jun 5 2019 // Communities along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers are piling up sandbags as another round of flooding strains levees. The Kansas City Star reports that more than 40 levees have been overtopped across Missouri in less...
Recovery Begins in Missouri’s Capital After Tornado Sweeps Area
May 24 2019 // A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an outbreak of severe weather across the state overnight that left at least three people dead and dozens injured. The National Weather Service...
Cost of Flood-Prone Home Buyouts in Missouri, Elsewhere: $5B and Rising
May 23 2019 // The residents of the small riverside town of Mosby, Missouri, have become accustomed to watching floods swamp their streets, transform their homes into islands and ruin their floors and furniture. Elmer Sullivan has...
At Least 3 Dead in Central U.S. Storms
May 23 2019 // A flooded Oklahoma was deluged once again on Wednesday following days of severe weather that’s blamed for at least three deaths after also battering Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, “The biggest concern is more rain....
The Hilb Group Acquires The Keane Insurance Group in Missouri
May 22 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC has acquired Missouri-based The Keane Insurance Group Inc. The transaction became effective May 1. Terms were not disclosed. KIG’s associates and John Keane, the agency leader, are joining THG...
Missouri Lawmakers Act to Relax Helmet, Vehicle Safety Inspection Laws
May 21 2019 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a measure that could relax a pair of roadway safety provisions. The legislation sent to Gov. Mike Parson on Friday would do away with the need for vehicle safety inspections...
Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves to Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt
May 21 2019 // The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and Missouri, where farmers are already struggling to get crops in the ground in a brutally wet spring. The massive...
Missouri Statute Update Shields Insurers from Certain Bad Faith Litigation
May 17 2019 // In Missouri, insurance companies owe a contractual duty to defend civil actions that allege liability of their insureds that is potentially covered under the terms of the subject insurance policy. As part of that duty, the...
Company Says It Was Told Duck Boats Were OK Before Missouri Sinking
May 13 2019 // An entertainment company that owned a duck boat involved in a fatal sinking on a Missouri lake last summer disputes that an independent investigator told it its vehicles did not comply with a government standard. Ripley...
Possible Tornado Tears Roof from Arkansas Apartment Complex
May 10 2019 // Several people were injured when a possible tornado tore the roof off an Arkansas apartment building, part of a powerful line of thunderstorms that was dumping more rain Thursday on already drenched areas throughout the...
4 Die in Midwest Flooding; Roads Closed, Levees Strained
May 6 2019 // The latest round of Midwestern flooding claimed at least four lives, closed hundreds of roads and forced residents of river towns to shore up threatened levees with sandbags as waters rose to and near record levels in some...
Communities Along Mississippi River Prepare for Record Crest
May 2 2019 // Communities in several states along the Mississippi River are watching the skies this week as rainfall will likely determine whether the river reaches record crests and how much it will raise floodwaters. The National...
Missouri Bill Shielding Businesses from Fines in Lawsuits Advances
May 1 2019 // Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill to make it harder for courts to fine defendants as punishment for hurting people. The pending measure would raise the standard for what are called punitive damages, which courts use...
Why the Missouri River Is Just Going to Keep On Flooding: Viewpoint
Apr 30 2019 // The Missouri River used to be out of control. “It cuts corners, runs around at nights, fills itself with snags and traveling sandbars, lunches on levees, and swallows islands and small villages for dessert,” is...
New Brightway Insurance Agency Opens in Missouri
Apr 24 2019 // Florida-based Brightway Insurance has opened a new store in Missouri. The Grone Agency in Des Peres was established by Brennen Grone, who first worked for Brightway, The Landers Agency in Glendale, Colo. Grone subsequently...
U.S. Senate Hearing Focuses on Missouri River Flood Prevention
Apr 18 2019 // The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several U.S. senators Wednesday during a hearing held in Iowa to examine the massive spring flooding this year that caused more...
