The Missouri House has endorsed a bill that would allow motorcyclists to forgo wearing helmets on the road. HB 555 was given first-round approval Tuesday would allow riders over the age of 21 to not wear a helmet when travelling. …
Missouri House members advanced legislation Thursday that seeks to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers while also preventing people who experience job-related illnesses from filing civil lawsuits. Both elements are designed to address consequences from a 2005 overhaul to …
An effort to reinstate Missouri’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits stumbled Tuesday in the state Senate. Senators discussed the legislation for about eight hours and worked into night but did not reach a vote. Sen. Dan Brown, …
Sixteen people have been arrested on a federal indictment charging twenty-one defendants involved in a multi-state car theft conspiracy. The conspiracy is alleged to have utilized several different schemes to steal and misappropriate vehicles, commit bank fraud in order to …
Missouri appears to have slowed work on a high-tech computer program that would conduct a biometric analysis of photos taken for state driver’s licenses and identification cards. The Associated Press has obtained an email sent last week from the manager …
When Josh Blankenship reported for work the morning of Dec. 13 at MFA Agri Services in Advance, he had no idea that his life would be forever altered. It was about 9 a.m., and Blankenship and his longtime friend, J.D. …
An eastern Missouri sheriff is raising safety concerns about gatherings at an old sand mine now used as a recreation complex. The 200-acre site near Crystal City once provided sand to a glass factory. It is now known as Crystal …
Parts of southeastern Missouri, western Tennessee and western Kentucky got a little bit of a shake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.7 earthquake rumbled through the area that the epicenter registered southeast of Portageville, Mo. That area is …
An autopsy has determined that burns killed the sole fatality victim of a natural gas explosion at a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. The Jackson County medical examiner said 46-year-old Megan Cramer was last seen standing in the middle of …
Officials unveiled a public health campaign on March 20 aimed at helping get aging Missouri men and women off the roads when it’s no longer safe for them to drive and at preparing them for life without a license. The …