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Primary elections are held for the Republican and Democratic parties in Louisiana and for the Democratic Party in Missouri.
2024-03-23

Bernie Sanders concedes the Missouri primary to Hillary Clinton, who led by 1,531 votes, 0.2 percent of those counted. Sanders says he will not ask for a recount, an option he had because the result is under the state's requirement, 0.5 percent — one-half of one percent. The Republican contest is too close to call as Donald Trump leads Ted Cruz by a similar 0.2 percent.
2016-03-17

A gunman kills seven people then himself in a spree shooting in Tyrone, Missouri.
2015-02-27

Two freight trains collide in southeast Missouri, United States, causing a highway overpass to collapse.
2013-05-25

Two people are missing and at least 14 injured after a car struck a gas main causing an explosion at the Country Club Plaza in the American city of Kansas City, Missouri.
2013-02-19

Minor earthquake (4.2) in St. Louis, Missouri area within New Madrid Seismic Zone, one of the few intraplate zones.
2011-06-7

The names of 123 victims of the tornado that hit the US city of Joplin, Missouri are released.
2011-05-31

The death toll from the Joplin, Missouri, tornado reaches 116, becoming the deadliest single US tornado since 1947.
2011-05-23

The United States Coast Guard closes a section of the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri due to heavy flooding.
2011-05-6

Despite the breach of a levee on the Mississippi River to ease flood pressure in southern Illinois, massive flooding continues from Minnesota to Louisiana and hundreds of square miles of mostly farmland in Missouri are under water.
2011-05-4