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Flooding occurs in parts of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, killing at least one person, as the city reports a daily rainfall record of more than 7 in.
2022-07-26

A tornado outbreak hits Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, United States. Around 50 people are feared dead.
2021-12-10

Governor Mike Parson announces that Missouri will launch a "Be a Mo VIP Winner" campaign to vaccinate individuals amidst a rise of cases in the state. In five rounds, over 180 people will be drawn with each receiving a US$10,000 prize. The announcement comes after 3,031 cases of COVID-19 was reported in the state, the highest since January.
2021-07-21

Missouri reports its first case of B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in an adult from Marion County.
2021-02-6

In the first execution since the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States began, a Missouri man is put to death by lethal injection for murdering an elderly woman in 1991.
2020-05-19

Missouri becomes the first U.S. state to file a lawsuit against the Chinese government over the coronavirus pandemic, claiming the government is responsible for the virus's negative impact on the state's economy and that the nation is "hoarding" masks. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says his country is "not under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts"; that "abuse of litigation" does not help the "epidemic response at home in the United States and also runs counter to international cooperation".
2020-04-21

Peabody Energy, the largest privately-owned producer of coal in the world headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, files for bankruptcy court protection due to high debts and a drop in world prices.
2016-04-13

Missouri governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency as widespread flash flooding continues to impact the midwestern state.
2015-12-27

The National Weather Service continues issuing tornado warnings for parts of the Central United States, including Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
2011-05-23

Thousands of residents in the US town of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, are evacuated as the Black River overflows its banks.
2011-04-26