Gov. Mike Parson has ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff at government buildings Thursday to honor a sheriff's deputy who drowned during flooding.
The Jones Alley Business District in Springfield was home to barber shops, restaurants and other businesses that served black customers when white-owned establishments would not.
The Greene County Sheriff is suing the state auditor in a dispute over allegations that the county illegally used public money to support a sales tax proposal.