The feds have ordered three area firms to halt the handling and processing of hazardous materials that had caused contamination.
 

   Missouri has given a large hog producer two years to clean up an odor problem.
 

   Five applications have been submitted for Missouri’s one remaining casino license, but none are from the northeast part of the state.
 

  A Bowling Green store is one of two Missouri retailers accused of selling counterfeit handbags in a case that stretches across the nation.
 

Continental Cement is blaming continued low demand for the layoff of 28 hourly workers.
 

   North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) President and Chief Executive Officer Don Patrick has named Brenda Fuqua of Hannibal as Assistant Deputy Director for Community Health Service Programs.

  The former Gardner Denver and Atchison Castings foundry in LaGrange has been sold.
 

  A Congressman is upset that input about a Mississippi River flood control plan was not sought from residents of Northeast Missouri counties that would be heavily impacted.
 

  Kenneth Rieffer is doing his part to heat up the economy.
 

   Missouri customers of Atmos Energy will see their natural gas bills go up by an average of $9.63 a month starting Sept. 1.