Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marijuana Now Legal in Missouri, But You Can’t Buy It Yet
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...
Missouri Elementary School to File Claim After Antisemitic Vandalism Spree
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...
9,000 Hens Killed in Missouri After Latest Case of Avian Flu
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...
Ex-Student Alleges Abuse at Missouri Military Boarding School
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...
Missouri Dept. of Insurance Recommends 6.4% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
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...
EPA Fines Kansas, Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations
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...
Missouri’s M&T Insurance Agency Merges With Powers Insurance & Risk Management
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...
Carolina Agent, Missouri Attorneys Indicted on Tax, Insurance Fraud Charges
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...
No Radioactive Contamination Found at Missouri School
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...
EPA Seeking Penalties for Clean Water Act Violations in Missouri, Nebraska
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...
$6M Awarded in Missouri Asbestos Suit Against Ford, Others
Nov 3 2022 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a woman’s death was caused by exposure to asbestos, including from dust...
Missouri State Employee Indicted for Stealing $140K in Unemployment Insurance Funds
Nov 2 2022 // A Missouri state employee has been indicted on three federal felony charges and accused of using her position to send about $140,500 in unearned unemployment benefits to friends, relatives and others. According to the...
Missouri Amusement Park Train Derailment Injures 7
Oct 28 2022 // Seven people suffered what were described as minor injuries after an amusement park train derailed in Branson, Missouri. The derailment happened Wednesday evening at Silver Dollar City. Six patrons and one employee were...
Missouri Town ‘Devastated’ by Wildfire
Oct 26 2022 // WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) – Roughly half of a small Missouri town burned Saturday after a wildfire spread quickly from a farm field and destroyed or heavily damaged 23 buildings, officials said. No one died and only one...
Missouri Arbitrator: Firefighter Lied About Fatal Crash
Oct 25 2022 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An arbitrator ruled that a Kansas City firefighter lied to police after he drove through a red light and crashed into several vehicles, killing three people last year. Judge Miles Sweeney said in...
Investigation Uncovers Significant Radioactive Waste at Missouri Elementary School
Oct 18 2022 // FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report by environmental...
Mom Whose Son’s Death Led to Missouri Jail Reforms Wins $1.2 Million Settlement
Oct 10 2022 // A mother whose son died less than an hour after he was transported from a Missouri jail to a state prison has won a $1.2 million settlement in a case that helped lead to suspensions, firings and reforms. The St. Louis...
Man Charged With Damaging Historic Missouri Home of Composer Scott Joplin
Oct 6 2022 // A man was charged Tuesday with breaking into the historic home of ragtime composer Scott Joplin and causing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. Thirty-eight-year-old Kevin Daley-Bey faces one count each of...
Keystone to Add Bainswest Agencies in Oklahoma, Missouri
Oct 5 2022 // Keystone welcomed a group of Bainswest agencies from Oklahoma and Missouri to its network of growing agencies across the nation, effective January 1, 2023. Bainswest formed in Tulsa, OK in 1994. Bainswest ranks No. 18 in...
Missouri Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Recreational Pot Suit
Sep 15 2022 // The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state. The Tuesday ruling means the proposed constitutional amendment will be...
