All who were reported missing since the recent massive tornado in Joplin, Mo. has been accounted for, and at least 134 people have been confirmed killed, state officials said. The Missouri Department of Public Safety said the confirmed death toll …
The widow of a western Missouri insurance salesman who was shot to death in his office is now charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Thirty-nine-year-old Teresa Stone, of Independence, is the second person charged in connection with the killing of …
Joplin residents trying to rebuild their lives after losing everything in last week’s devastating tornado are finding a lack of transportation to be one of the difficult obstacles they face. City officials estimate the tornado damaged or destroyed 18,000 vehicles. …
Firefighters say a three-alarm blaze that caused $250,000 damage at a closed Kansas City school was intentionally set. Fire Department spokesman Joe Vitale says the fire at the former Manchester school started around 5 p.m. Saturday and quickly spread across …
Federal Emergency Management Administration is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Hollister, Mo. The Taney County center can offer assistance to residents recovering from recent severe weather, including floods and tornadoes. Staff can help with individual assistance, business assistance and …
Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been placed on administrative leave from his job as president and CEO of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that company board chairman Jim Owen is temporarily filling Wilson’s role. …
A southwest Missouri jury has awarded a total of $1.95 million to 12 plaintiffs who claimed a factory hog farm had ruined their way of life. The Barton County jury announced its verdict Saturday afternoon following a two-week trial. Iowa-based …
A dump truck rear-ended a school bus in suburban Kansas City, sending six students and the bus driver to hospitals with apparently minor injuries. Lee’s Summit School District spokeswoman Janice Phelan says the students were headed to the AmericanJazzMuseum when …
A jury has awarded $48 million to relatives of five people killed when a skydiving plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a rural Missouri airport in 2006. The jury in Union, Mo., on Thursday sided against London-based Doncasters Inc., ordering …
Missouri’s lieutenant governor is without his Ford Flex crossover vehicle after someone stole it, rammed it into a gun shop and set it on fire. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder says he was notified around 6 a.m. Monday that the Flex …