Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke out Monday against legislation that would make it harder for employees to prove they were fired because of discrimination. In a statement, the governor condemned a measure given final approval earlier this month by the …
The St. Louis area’s most powerful tornado in 44 years rips into an airport and through a densely populated suburban area, destroying up to 100 homes, shattering hundreds of panes of glass at the main terminal and blowing a shuttle …
Auto dealers in southwest Missouri are coping with a new tactic by metal thieves — grabbing tailgates off pickup trucks in a matter of seconds. In the town of Warsaw, Josh Griffin of Mid Missouri AutoSports says four trucks on …
A federal judge in Kansas City is considering a fraud probe of Lee’s Summit and its attorneys after the city refused to pay $16 million to a former resident who spent several years behind bars for a crime he did …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Allied Roofing Systems LLC of Springfield, Mo., four safety citations following an inspection of an Omaha, Neb., job site where employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing …
Kansas City parks officials say thieves and vandals have caused $85,000 damage to two of the city’s most well-known fountains. The Kansas City Star reports that thieves took $25,000 in lights from the JC Nichols Memorial Fountain on the County …
Missouri workers’ compensation regulators recently approved payment of compensation to families of individuals killed in the line of duty to protect the public. The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) mailed the first checks in the program after …