Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have given facilities for the elderly and disabled more time to comply with a sprinkler system mandate enacted after a fatal 2006 fire at a southwest Missouri group home for the mentally …
Insurance companies already have paid out more than $500 million in claims for the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri. But the final total could grow to three or four times that amount. The state insurance department said on …
Six people are injured after a horse leaves the track and jumps into a crowd of spectators during a Hispanic rodeo in southeast Kansas City. Police say none of the injuries were serious after the incident shortly before 4 p.m. …
A DeKalb County jury has ruled against a northwest Missouri farmer who claimed odor from an industrial hog farm had damaged his property. The jury ruled Wednesday in favor of Premium Standard Farms. Vernon Hanes, a farmer in northwest Missouri, …
Crews in Hamburg, Iowa, were busy June 14 building up a secondary barrier to protect the small Iowa town after the swollen Missouri River punched a massive hole in the main levee. The river ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri …
A St. Louis County man is jailed after police allegedly caught him in the act of committing arson – with gasoline cans in his hands. KMOX Radio reports that 37-year-old Robert Luster was arrested Saturday night. He did not have …
An earthquake shook parts of Missouri and southern Illinois early in the morning on June 7. The United States Geological Survey says the 4.2 magnitude earthquake was centered about 14 miles east of Sullivan in Franklin County. Sullivan is about …
The estimated cost of repairing or replacing tornado-damaged schools in the Joplin School District has climbed to $151 million. Superintendent C.J. Huff and his administrative team met June 3 with Gov. Jay Nixon and his team, as well as insurance …
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the federal government to pay the full cost of repairing public buildings and infrastructure damaged by recent floods and tornadoes. Nixon said that his request is based on the historic devastation caused by a …
Six hundred residents in southwest Iowa were ordered on June 5 to evacuate their homes after the Missouri River breached a levee across the border in Missouri. The evacuation covers nearly half of the town of Hamburg, said Stefanie Bond, …