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A former Shawnee County Jail inmate says in a lawsuit that parts of her fingers had to be amputated after jail workers slammed her cell’s food slot on them. LaStacia Elliot says in the lawsuit against Shawnee County that the …

Mark Lindquist, whose against-the-odds story of survival and heroism in the Joplin tornado touched people around the world, got some good news Monday: The insurance company that initially denied his medical claim agreed to pay. Lindquist, 51, was hurt while …