Tuesday, May 3 2011 2:18 PM EDT2011-05-03 18:18:54 GMT
Stoddard County officials say that water is topping the temporary berm at Wappapello Lake. Residents within two or three miles of the Saint Francis River in western Stoddard County should be prepared for flooding.
Sunday, May 19 2013 10:07 PM EDT2013-05-20 02:07:47 GMT
LAWRENCE/RANDOLPH COUNTY LINE (KAIT) - It started off as a normal Saturday afternoon for Herschel Meeks and his family as they spent the day on Black River. "We took the family and went to the river found
Fisherman tells his story on finding a body in the Black River.
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:51 PM EDT2013-05-20 03:51:33 GMT
WILSON, AR (KAIT)- A Rivercrest High School student was taken to the hospital from school last Tuesday after several other students reportedly knocked him unconscious in an attack that was possibly gang
A Rivercrest High School student was taken to the hospital from school last Tuesday after several other students reportedly knocked him unconscious in an attack that was possibly gang related.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Friday, May 17 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:16:53 GMT
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:43 PM EDT2013-05-20 03:43:59 GMT
STEELE, MO (KAIT)- A woman in Pemiscot County was struck by a train Saturday night. Steele Chief of Police, Billy Joe Stanfield says around 9:10 p.m., Steele police officers and firefighters found Lisa
A woman in Pemiscot County was struck by a train Saturday night.
LAKE WAPPAPELLO, MO (KFVS) -
On May 2 one year ago, water began rushing over the emergency spillway at Lake Wappapello.
Water at the lake crested at an all time high of more than 400 feet, washing out Highway T and causing flooding down the St. Francis River.
The Missouri Department of Transportation originally looked into building a bridge to replace the highway, but a $2.1 million price tag took that option off the table.
Now, a new road is being built further from the spillway.
And although the Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello say the constructions like the dam and spillway worked as designed, they learned a lot during last year's flood.
"The biggest thing we learned is that we need a better notification system for people downstream," said John Daves with the Army Corps of Engineers.
The corps at Wappapello says the dam at the lake worked properly during the flood, and shows no signs of damage beyond regular maintenance.
Governor Jay Nixon began the year with ambitious priorities to start of his second term but ran into a wall of opposition from the Republican Legislature.
A Powerball ticket sold in Tennessee barely missed winning a share of an estimated $590.5 million prize. But the ticket has a nice consolation prize worth $1 million.
Water overflowed the temporary levee at Lake Wappapello, washing over Hwy. T in May 2011. (Source: Tyler Profilet)
Hwy T washed out the Dam at Lake Wappapello (Source: St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
This is what Highway T looked like after the water receded.
Highway T is still washed out one year later.
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