Barack Obama will make a campaign stop in Missouri on Tuesday.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill has confirmed Obama, the front runner for the Democratic nomination, will visit Cape Girardeau to hold an economic town hall.

In recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, Gov. Matt Blunt has announced that all flags at state facilities in Missouri will be flown at half-staff on Thursday, May 15. They will remain at half-staff until dusk.

Cindy Hopkins packed two desk drawers filled with personal papers into her car some of the belongings she was able to salvage after a tornado ripped the roof off her mother's home.