All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2011 // Many Joplin, Mo., residents are trying to figure out how to recover from the devastating tornado with no means of transportation.City officials estimate that about 18,000 vehicles were damaged or lost during the May 22...
Jun 3 2011 // 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...
Jun 2 2011 // Electrical crews hoisted power poles, small businesses opened in tents and residents snatched up construction supplies as rebuilding got underway nine days after a tornado tore through the southwest Missouri town of...
May 31 2011 // Exactly a week after the Missouri city of Joplin was nearly leveled by the deadliest tornado to strike the U.S in decades, President Barack Obama visited to offer hope to survivors and promises of help.On May 29, Obama...
May 27 2011 // Rescue and recovery work in Joplin, Missouri was shadowed by uncertainty as crews still hoping to find survivors combed areas that had already been searched several times and engineers entered the battered Joplin hospital...
May 27 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
May 26 2011 // Hundreds of cars lined up all day on May 24 in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot as the Kansas City Chiefs filled two semitrailer trucks with bottled water for tornado victims in Kansas and Missouri.Chiefs spokesman Brad...
May 25 2011 // First they found his dark blue teddy bear. Then frantic relatives searching for toddler Skyular Logsdon spotted his red T-shirt and pants, torn, rain-soaked and wrapped around a telephone pole.The little boy hasn’t...
May 24 2011 // The tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri could cost the insurance industry between $1 billion and $3 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat. The tornado is the deadliest to hit the U.S. since 1947 and...
May 24 2011 // A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri, when it tore through the heart of the small Midwestern city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses.Weather...
May 23 2011 // At least 89 people have died in Joplin, Missouri, and the toll is expected to climb as one of the deadliest tornadoes in state history roared through the small Midwestern city Sunday, local officials said Monday.Rescue...
May 19 2011 // The Army has informed members of Missouri’s congressional delegation that while restoration of the land behind the Birds Point Levee is a high priority, the process of getting an accurate damage assessment...
May 19 2011 // Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. has put its president and CEO, former Gov. Roger Wilson, on administrative leave. Board Chairman Jim Owen will head the firm on an interim basis, the company reported.Headquartered...
May 16 2011 // Missouri Republicans came into this year’s legislative session with historic majorities and a pledge to push a pro-business agenda they said would improve the state’s economy and lower its stubbornly high...
May 16 2011 // Banning ‘Storm Vultures’Senate Bill 101 “will ensure that homeowners and others who have suffered damage to their property are not then battered by the unscrupulous acts of ‘storm vultures.'”...
May 12 2011 // Responding to objections from Gov. Jay Nixon, Missouri lawmakers passed a revised bill that would restrict the ability of neighboring property owners to bring nuisance lawsuits against large, smelly hog farms.The...
May 9 2011 // Midwest residents who suffered damage from flooding, tornados, and other recent severe weather events may qualify for help from federal and state governments in the wake of official disaster declarations.Southern Illinois...
May 9 2011 // A jury in northwest Missouri has awarded $4 million in damages in a civil case involving a 2008 train accident that killed a 10-year-old girl.The Andrew County jury has ruled in favor of Shelly Gatewood, whose daughter,...
May 5 2011 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors.Senate Bill 101 bars contractors who fix roofs or do other exterior repairs from...
May 5 2011 // The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland on May 3, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the...