Storm knocked out power to nearly 5,000 served by White River Valley Electric Cooperative BRANSON, Mo. - Powerful storms that hit the Ozarks on Monday knocked out power to 4,800 customers of the White River Valley Electric Cooperative, the utility said in a news release.By 8:30 Tuesday morning, 150 people in the Ava area were ...

Arkansas teen killed by flying storm debris SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager was killed in northwest Arkansas on Monday night when storm debris crashed into his car. Arkansas State Police say 19-year-old Austin Deere of Prairie Grove died at about 7:30 p.m. Monday while driving on ...

Convoy of Hope sends trucks with supplies to Moore, Okla. for tornado relief SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Springfield-based humanitarian organization Convoy of Hope has begun sending trucks with emergency supplies to the Moore, Oklahoma area, the morning after a devastating tornado claimed dozens of lives there and left a path of destruction. Assessment teams with Convoy ...

Walmart Rezoning Issue to go to Public Vote SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Rezoning issues rarely rise to the level of citywide interest, but the status of a piece of land at a corner in Springfield is about to get a citywide vote. Monday evening Springfield Council bowed to the will of ...

City of Joplin sending assistance to Moore, OK tornado victims JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin City officials have organized a support team of public safety employees and deployed them to Moore, Oklahoma to arrive later tonight. The team included approximately a dozen members from the police and fire departments. This group will offer ...

Breaking News: 51 confirmed deaths in Moore, Oklahoma tornado; death toll expected to rise MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 51 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott says the death toll is expected to rise.  Elliott didn't know how many ...

Syrian opposition, government preparing for peace talks-mediator
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria's opposition and government are preparing to take part in an internationally-sponsored peace conference, the United Nations-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday. "The Syrian people are building great hopes on the conference, as the opposition prepares itself to take part and likewise the Syrian regime prepares to take part in this conference," he told reporters at the Arab League. "The United Nations is working to organize the conference in the best way possible." (Reporting by Ayman Samir; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.

Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."