Disaster Accident

This just in: Gov. Jay Nixon just named Kip Stetzler acting director of the state Department of Natural Resources following the resignation today of Mark…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says that President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for "areas across Missouri hit by flooding, severe storms…

The latest news from the investigation of sudden acceleration crashes indicates that something is amiss -- but not necessarily with Toyotas.While the…

U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., swiftly registered his sorrow today over the death of a longtime former colleague, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens,…

Kent D. Syverud, dean of the Washington University School of Law, has been appointed as one of two independent trustees of the $20 billion Deepwater…

A tornado Wednesday night at a Boy Scout ranch in western Iowa killed three 13-year-old Scouts and a 14-year-old Scout staff member. More than 40 others…

Delivering his first speech since claiming the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, Sen Barack Obama pledged strong support for Israel,…

China quake Chinese rescuers struggled to reach Wenchuan, the city near the epicenter of the country's worst earthquake in 58 years. Sichuan Vice-Governor…

Melinda Leonard Underwater Parking Melinda Leonard The river was knocking on the back door of Cassens Bait Shop on West Main Street in Grafton Sunday,…

As windows rattled, beds shook and bricks tumbled, Midwesterners inevitably reacted with shock, fear and even wonder at Friday’s series of earthquakes…