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Was a Morgue Worker Arrested After Giving Birth to a Dead Man’s Baby? - Detroit Daily News

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Was a Morgue Worker Arrested After Giving Birth to a Dead Man’s Baby? - Detroit Daily News

“A 38-year-old female mortuary worker is being held on $250,000 bond after becoming pregnant by one of her clients — a dead man.” A female mortuary worker was arrested after becoming pregnant by one of the corpses she was preparing for burial. Dead Serious News web site published an article positing that a female mortuary worker had become pregnant after engaging in a sex act with a deceased male: A 38 year old female mortuary worker is being he…Read Article

Leaders Call for Overhaul of Underground Utility Safety Laws Amid Broadband Expansion

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Leaders Call for Overhaul of Underground Utility Safety Laws Amid Broadband Expansion

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2025 — Industry leaders warned on Wednesday that the surge in underground broadband infrastructure projects is straining outdated safety systems and risking costly damage, urging state and federal policymakers to update locate laws and invest in digital mapping as part of broadband expansion efforts.When indirect costs from inefficiencies, downtime and repairs are included, the total economic impact approaches $100 billion an…Read Article

Missouri’s attorney general has sued a utility over an explosion of a home that killed a 5-year

Oil and Gas Sector · Lexington

Missouri’s attorney general has sued a utility over an explosion of a home that killed a 5-year

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LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general sued a natural gas company Monday over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy, accusing the utility of violating a state safety law. Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit came less than a week after federal investigators said in a preliminary report that a Liberty Utilities employee failed to mark a section of a gas line before another company drilled into it whil…See the Story

Second lawsuit filed by neighbors of 5-year-old boy killed in Lexington gas explosion

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A second lawsuit has been filed in the wake of a deadly gas explosion that killed a 5-year-old boy in Lexington, Missouri. The boy's father, Jacob Cunningham, and 10-year-old sister, Camille Lamb, were severely injured in the April 9 explosion. Cunningham was the first person to file a lawsuit after the deadly explosion that killed his son. NTSB releases preliminary report of deadly gas explosion in Lexington Several nei…Oil and Gas Sector · Lexington See the Story

KMBC 9 Investigates: Text messages reveal requests for public notification about gas leak before deadly Lexington explosion

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Lexington’s city manager texted at least three fellow city leaders with requests to notify the public on Facebook about a gas leak before a deadly home explosion on April 9.Facebook · Lexington Read Article

An in-depth look at records before fatal home explosion

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By Isabella Ledonne Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, Missouri (KSHB) — It’s been nearly two weeks since a house explosion in Lexington, Missouri, claimed the life of a 5-year-old boy and critically injured his father and sister. Jacob Cunningham, the father of the children, filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself, his 10-year-old daughter, Cami, and his late 5-year-old son, Alistair, against the four companies involved in the gas…Lexington, Missouri · Lexington See the Story

(LISTEN): Missouri 811 says national safe digging month carries new urgency this year with construction projects

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating what caused this month’s deadly explosion in western Missouri’s Lexington that killed a child and seriously injured his sister and father. An aerial view of the recent deadly explosion site in western Missouri’s Lexington (photo courtesy of Missouri 811) Kansas City television station KMBC reports a subcontractor installing fiber line in Lexington submitted a routine dig request to…Lexington, Missouri · Lexington Read Article

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