MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Depression Bonnie is expected to bring more heavy rainfall to the Carolinas as it moves along the coastline, making for a wet Memorial Day holiday. The depression’s maximum sustained winds early Monday are near 30 mph with little change in strength forecast. The National Hurricane Center says the system’s center made…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers took steps this year to address the growing number of drug overdoses, but health care advocates say more work remains. The Legislature has voted to make it easier to get medicine that counteracts opiate overdoses. But lawmakers did not advance proposals to grant legal protections for people calling…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Forget toasters, blenders and slow cookers. Some engaged couples in Tornado Alley have a more practical gift request: Donations toward safe rooms. Sales of safe rooms are on the rise since a series of devastating twisters hit the Midwest and South in recent years. The pre-fabricated rooms feature thick steel walls…