The Associated Press The latest developments on flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 8:20 a.m. Amtrak has suspended traffic on a route that runs from Kansas City to St…. Read more »

By JIM SALTER and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Officials closed a major interstate highway south of St. Louis on Thursday morning amid historic flooding that has already left… Read more »

(APPOMATTOX, Va., AP) — Police have arrested an Appomattox County man suspected of kidnapping a 14-year-old Missouri girl. The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1OYDaiu) reports Virginia State Police announced Tuesday they have… Read more »

(PILOT KNOB, Mo., AP) — A man has died after driving into the path of an Amtrak train in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as… Read more »

(MILAN, Mo., AP) — Authorities say two people have died after a crash on an ice-covered highway in north-central Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 47-year-old… Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — A southwest Missouri lawmaker says more people would be able to buy firearms to protect their families if they didn’t have to pay taxes on them…. Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Authorities have identified two victims of severe weather that has claimed at least eight lives in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Steven Welton… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities say more than 180 Missouri roads are closed because of flooding. The Missouri State Department of Transportation says the closures include eastbound lanes of… Read more »

(FULTON, Mo., AP) — In a juvenile justice system that poses plenty of adversity to young people drawn into it, a Missouri judge came up with a plan to bring… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Two men are dead after one of them drove the wrong way on Interstate 70 in north St. Louis and collided with a vehicle driven by… Read more »