Missouri

Lawmakers approve bill exempting Farm Bureau health plans from federal rules

Missouri Farm Bureau will be allowed to sell health care plans to its members, Medicaid will cover the cost of hearing aids for adults and supplies of birth control will be extended under legislation that passed the legislature in the waning hours of the session on Thursday. The legislation, which was sponsored by Republican state Sen.

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Former Historical Society President Accused in Museum Theft, Break-In

SHELBINA - A former president of the Shelby County Historical Society has been accused of mismanagement and misconduct, according to a civil petition filed April 1 in Shelby County Circuit Court. Three Shelby County Historical Society board members have accused former society president and longtime volunteer Kathleen Wilham, 82, of Shelbina, of allegedly sanctioning historical artifacts from the society museum, destroying artifacts, misusing assets, and breaking and entering into the SCHS museum.

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