Waiting game playing out in northeast Missouri

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...

Governor Blunt visits flood stricken areas of state

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...