Due to high water levels on the Mississippi River, the Missouri Department of Transportation has closed Missouri Highway 79 in Louisiana from North Carolina Street to Delaware Street.
Sunday, December 6, 2015 marks one of the most important dates in U.S. History. 150 years ago, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing slavery in all forms, received the required votes for passage. What many Americans may not know, however, is that the amendment itself was penned by a Missouri senator.