Joplin tornado victims News

A Nixa, Mo., contractor faces federal charges for allegedly stealing from elderly victims of last year’s Joplin tornado. The Springfield News Leader reports that 57-year-old Terry Alton Parker has been charged in a 23-count indictment that was made public Friday. …

“One of the eeriest things was … the lack of noise. There were no birds. There was no sound. There was no vegetation. There was nothing. There were no dogs. There were no cars. It was just mounds of rubble …