By Maria Carter
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Kansas City, MO –
The current heat index has prompted local health agencies to issue a health advisory, and open up public cooling centers across the metro.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn have agreed to work together to build a high-speed rail line between St. Louis and Chicago.
The state of Missouri's electric industry was examined Monday in Jefferson City at a joint meeting between utilities and regulators.
A summer camp at the Lake of the Ozarks is closed after two swine flu cases were reported. Fifty people also have been quarantined.
Crews from several states will be conducting a disaster exercise today at Crisis City near Salina.