Survivors of tornado that leveled Missouri city look back
By JIM SUHR A sky-darkening storm was working its way into southwest Missouri around dinnertime on a Sunday evening, zeroing in on the city of Joplin. Will Norton was among…
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Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice
By DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplifying…
Missouri auditor dies in ‘apparent suicide,’ police say
By DAVID A. LIEB Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, who had recently launched a Republican campaign for governor, fatally shot himself in what police described as an apparent suicide, minutes after…
Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Ferguson officials planned to address the resignation of a white police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, a black resident of the St. Louis suburb…
STATES GROVEL BEFORE BOEING IN BID FOR 777X JOBS
By DAVID A. LIEB FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo is the Boeing Company logo on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Boeing Co. Several states are…
Mo. Supreme Court denies Franklin’s appeal
By JIM SALTER FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, file photo, Joseph Paul Franklin sits in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court where jury selection was set to begin…
MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
CRESTS APPROACHING IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN MIDWEST
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER A restaurant sits surrounded by floodwater Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Louisiana, Mo. Communities along the Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging…