The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded a contract for resurfacing of a stretch of Audrain County road damaged in a gas pipeline explosion in March.
HOUSTONIA, Mo. (AP) - A natural gas pipeline has ruptured in a rural area in western Missouri causing an explosion and fire. No injuries were reported. The Pettis County Sheriff's Department says the pipeline, owned by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company ruptured late Thursday outside Houstonia, about 75 miles east of Kansas City...