Tornado ravaged St. John’s in Joplin comes down

More than a thousand people have said goodbye to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, the hospital destroyed by last May’s tornado.  The ceremony that begins demolition of the wrecked building was part one of the event. The second part was the...

Flu shuts down Raytown schools

No school today in Raytown. Flu-like illnesses have prompted the district to close all ten of its buildings and park all of its buses for disinfecting. More than one-third of the students and more than 40 percent of the staff called in sick at one elementary school...

Police: scam targeting elderly resurfaces

The Springfield Police Department cautions about an increase in a common scam that targets elderly people. It’s called the “Grandparent scam” and it’s when a random caller will say he or she is incarcerated for some reason or that another...

Milan woman charged with killing newborn 12 years ago

A Milan woman has been returned to Minnesota to face charges that she killed her newborn baby hours after she was born. Prosecutors are not saying why it took nearly 12 years to bring charges against Amy Romero. The infant was born in April, 2001, then left in some...
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