Pacific News

A high-speed car chase in Missouri that ended with a Des Plaines man shot to death by police began more than four hours earlier after the man first fled a traffic stop in southwestern Illinois, authorities say.

St. Louis-area gasoline dispensing facilities are acting quickly to replace Stage II vapor recovery systems, according to a May 8, 2013, report in The St.

This week's RFT feature is a Tim Lane graphic that recounts his visit to a retired Pacific, Missouri, Nike missile silo.

The heavy rain that drenched Eureka in the past week triggered some minor flooding in the area, but public safety officials say the threat has likely passed.