State and federal investigators say they may never know what caused a massive fire at a southeast Missouri recycling plant earlier this month. The Southeast Missourian reports damage at Missouri Plastics in Jackson is estimated at $7 million. The Oct. …
A Kansas City couple has been ordered to pay $660,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to health care and tax fraud involving a clinic they operated in Kansas City. Seventy-six-year-old Carol Ann Ryser and 68-year-old Michael Earl Ryser operated Health …
Missouri businesses could face significantly higher costs for workers’ compensation insurance next year, due partly to a new law that seeks to shore up a financially troubled state fund for disabled workers. Workers’ compensation insurers in Missouri are likely to …
Saint Charles County is suing the Ringling Brothers circus act over a short-circuited performance of Disney on Ice caused by a blown transformer. The Missouri county wants Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., along with two subcontractors and an unnamed …
Authorities say that flooding from heavy rainfall has damaged between 100 and 200 homes and business in the south-central Missouri city of Waynesville. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Dan Crain says the early morning flooding killed a 4-year-old boy when …
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster declaration after severe storms struck Missouri from May 29 to June 10. The storms included one that spawned a tornado in the St. Louis area and others that caused widespread flooding. The …
Water patrol officials in Kansas and Missouri say a combination of factors has led to more drownings so far this year than in all of 2012. In Missouri, 24 drownings were reported before the weekend, four more than last year. …
Insurance companies serving the St. Louis area have received more than 6,300 claims from residents with damage from tornadoes that struck the area on May 31, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. One insurer reported more than 2,200 claims, …
Missouri has received a federal grant to test a new type of road treatment intended to keep cars from slipping off highways when it rains or snows. The Missouri Department of Transportation says it will apply the “high friction surface …
The investigation into the cause of a southeast Missouri cargo train crash that injured seven people and destroyed a highway overpass could take up to a year. The accident happened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Rockview, Mo., when a Union …