Joplin tornado News

The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000. The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago …

Eight people have been indicted on federal fraud charges over alleged false requests for aid following the deadly May 2011 tornado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Springfield announced Wednesday. Each of the defendants, indicted separately by a grand jury, is …