Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson pleaded guilty on April 12 to misusing money involved in an illegal political donation made years after he left office, and the longtime Democratic stalwart apologized for his misdeed. Wilson’s guilty plea to a misdemeanor …
Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been indicted on charges he misappropriated $5,000 from a firm created by the state Legislature to provide workers’ compensation insurance and where he served as president and CEO, federal prosecutors said on April 12. …
Just days after the 200th anniversary of a series of massive earthquakes in southeast Missouri, residents woke up on Feb. 21, 2012, to a rumbling reminder that they live in one of the continent’s most active seismic areas. The U.S. …
A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes and lashed the Midwest early Wednesday roughed up the entertainment resort town of Branson and laid waste to small towns in Illinois and Kansas. At least nine people were killed. …
A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. At least four people were killed in …
Just days after the 200th anniversary of a series of massive earthquakes in southeast Missouri, residents woke up on Feb. 21 to a rumbling reminder that they live in one of the continent’s most active seismic areas. The U.S. Geological …
The brothers who formerly owned one of the nation’s top marketers of auto service contracts have been indicted on charges that include stealing and insurance fraud. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on June 15 announced a 14-count indictment handed up …
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 Joplin. “We are open. Pray for Joplin,” read …
A few momentary blasts, flashes of orange light, and the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a Missouri levee, intentionally blown open by the Army Corps of Engineers in the hope of saving a small Illinois town. …
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 April 28 sided against London-based Doncasters Inc., …
