Newtonia News

Southwest Missouri leaders continue their battle against the federal government over how they will secure disaster recovery funds.

FEMA has denied Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's appeal for public assistance in the wake of the May 10th tornadoes.

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Local preservationists hope that repairs to the tornado-damaged Ritchey Mansion will be complete by Sept.

As gray clouds hurried across the sky and the wind blew briskly, Roy Seward climbed down Thursday from the roof of his 168-year-old house and took a few minutes to survey his work.

The Greater Ozarks Chapter of the American Red Cross has received three grants to help assist the approximately 250 families left homeless by a tornado earlier this month in Newtonia, Seneca and Neosho.

One week after tornadoes cut paths across parts of southwest Missouri, folks are getting help this weekend as they pick up what was scattered in the wind.

A ROSE: To my employer, US Bank, for allowing me to take off work for three days to go to Newtonia and do disaster volunteer work with the Red Cross.

The Red Cross Service Centers in Neosho and Newtonia will remain open through Saturday, reopening Monday morning, the Greater Ozarks Chapter of the Red Cross announced today.

“Our job and mission is to help people with their immediate needs, then figure out how to pay for it. So we'll be going to the public to raise money for that.”

NEOSHO, Mo. - Volunteers with the American Red Cross are expecting today to be their busiest day at emergency service centers following the May 10 tornado. via Joplin Globe

“There have been a lot of slugs dug out of the brick over the years. "There's a chip out of the northeast corner of the house where supposedly a cannonball hit. This is all just hearsay. The chip is there. It is as big as a cannonball.”

NEWTONIA, Mo. - The Ritchey Mansion is a survivor. And it will survive last Saturday's tornado. via Joplin Globe

“Many windows were broken, with glass strewn everywhere”

Murray Bishoff Managing Editor Published May 12, 2008 4:00 PM CDT Civil War sites damaged along with rest of small Newton County town 20 miles from Monett The small Newton county community of Newtonia, about 20 ... via Monett Times

THE JOPLIN GLOBE The sun beamed cruelly on Sunday, May 11, vindictively exposing the damage done by an EF3-4 tornado a day earlier. via The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK

“When you see a little kid's toy, it really hits home.”

Annie Ingram and Brian Breeman salvage belongings in Breeman's home in Newtonia, Missouri, after a tornado sheared off the side of his house on Saturday, May 10, 2008. via Claremore Daily Progress

“Missourians in southwest Missouri should know that my administration is actively working to mobilize state resources and ensure that they are easily accessible to those just now beginning to get a sense of the damage from yesterday's tornadoes.”

Twenty National Guardsmen are providing security for Newtonia and Granby in the wake of yesterday's tornado, according to a news release from Gov. via The Turner Report

Redings Mill Fire Department confirms two people are dead in Newton County near Highway 43 and Iris Road. via KSNF

“But we'll have to wait until there's money and go from there.”

NEWTONIA, Mo. - A bill calling for a study of Newtonia's two Civil War battlefields as possible candidates for the National Park Service became federal law Thursday. via Joplin Globe

“People can make donations at this office and designate it for Myanmar cyclone disaster relief, and their money will go for that purpose”

Area residents who want to help in the relief effort after the deadly cyclone in Myanmar may make donations through the Southwest Missouri Chapter of the American Red Cross. via Joplin Globe

A bill by U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt authorizing the National Park Service to study the Newtonia Civil War battlefields to determine their worthiness for protection recently cleared the House and Senate. via Joplin Globe

A 36-year-old man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court and was ordered bound over for trail on two felony counts of domestic assault and a single count of ... via Joplin Globe