In response to flooding and the state of emergency declared by Gov. Mike Parson over the weekend, MoDOT will allow heavier-than-normal truckloads of rock, sand and gravel to travel on Missouri highways.
Residents of Cedar Rapids are watching anxiously as the quickly rising Cedar River threatens to inundate their city with devastating floodwaters for the second time in just over eight years.
Heavy rain has swamped several areas of Kansas City, prompting high-water rescues and a temporary stoppage of the city's downtown streetcar service.
KMBC-TV reported that Friday night's storms caused Brush Creek, which runs through the south side of the city, to rise 10 feet in an hour...