by admin | Aug 30, 2008 | Weather
Missouri is ready to lend a helping hand to residents of Louisiana who are facing a blast from Hurricane Gustav, which is headed for the Gulf Coast. Governor Matt Blunt has announced seven shelter locations have been set up to accommodate people forced out of their...
by admin | Jul 2, 2008 | Military
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has met with leaders of the Missouri National Guard to discuss the readiness of men and women in the Guard. And, by all accounts, the Guard is ready to take on any and all challenges. McCaskill says Guard members who took part in flood...
by admin | Jun 27, 2008 | Weather
An emergency worker at Winfield says the volunteers and workers there have responded admirably, despite the crushing news this morning that floodwaters breached the last in tact levee in Lincoln County. Brad Farber is coordinating the American Red Cross emergency...
by admin | Jun 20, 2008 | Weather
A tense waiting game is being played out in northeast Missouri. The Mississippi River, swollen from the heavy rains that saturated Iowa, laps up against temporary sandbag levees as residents desperately attempt to keep it from overflowing communities and farmland...
by admin | Jun 18, 2008 | News
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has visited some of the flood-stricken areas of northeast Missouri, touting Hannibal and Canton. The region has been hit hard by the rising Mississippi River. During his visit, Blunt praised volunteers as well as local, state, and federal...