Coroner Patty Ross asked the salary board to set the pay for newly hired Chief Deputy Ray Benton at $30,252 annually, based on a flexible work schedule of 40 hours a week. Ross recently named ...

Legislative efforts are underway to improve the salaries and qualifications of Missouri coroners. County coroners Jim Akers, ...

A recruiter told Reuters he was in touch with Leo Lukenas III before his death and that the Bank of America banker wanted a ...

Shannon County Coroner Sam Murphy worked out of his house, drove his own car and used body bags from the state surplus. Murphy, who was paid less than $800 a month, didn’t have a cooler to store ...

Dent County Coroner Ben Pursifull has a salary of $18,600 a year. On the job, he’s had to transport decomposing bodies for over two hours wearing a mask to protect himself from the odor and fumes.