Associated Press

This week's storm has damaged as many as 200 trees at a popular attraction in Mark Twain's hometown. Officials say some of the trees in Hannibal's Riverview Park will need to be taken down and they're urging people to keep away because of the danger. The cleanup could take weeks.

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This is welcome news for people planning to drive in Illinois over the Memorial Day weekend. The Illinois Department of Transportation says non-emergency roadwork will be suspended to ease congestion. The suspension of work begins this afternoon and will last through Monday.

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Most beaches at Missouri state parks will be open for the Memorial Day weekend. The day-use beach at Harry S. Truman State Park will be closed after a test showed high bacteria. And the beach at Lake Wappapello State Park will be closed because of flooding.

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A man running from police picked the wrong building to run into — St. Louis County Police headquarters. KMOV-TV report that a Clayton officer pulled over a car Wednesday afternoon. The driver got out, pushed an officer and ran. The officer chased him to a downtown Clayton building. The suspect apparently didn't know the building was home to St. Louis County police, and he was arrested.

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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford is raising money for disaster relief in his home state. Bradford on Wednesday announced a fundraising effort that seeks money but also goods such as cleaning supplies, baby items, and pet items for victims of this week's tornadoes in Oklahoma. Bradford's family is from the north side of Oklahoma City. His relatives were not hurt in the tornado.

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Illinois lawmakers have overridden Governor Pat Quinn's veto of legislation that addresses so-called Smart Grid technology. The House voted yesterday to again approve the bill. Quinn vetoed the measure on May 6th, saying it weakened oversight and forced automatic rate hikes.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Federal prosecutors charge the supervisor of a western Illinois drug-court program with allowing his home to be used to make methamphetamine and to grow marijuana.

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Civil engineers are giving Missouri's infrastructure a C-minus. Regional chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers released the letter grade today. The engineers found the most faults with the state's dams and energy, awarding them both D-minus grades.

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A St. Louis man is the latest Missouri Lottery-made millionaire. Thirty-year-old Christopher Henson won $1 million as part of a May Powerball drawing. Henson says he'll use it to pay for his wedding, fund college for his children and buy a home.

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Daniel Descalso hit his first career grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, and Adam Wainwright won for the first time at Petco Park as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 Tuesday night.

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