Newtonia NewsLocal news for Newtonia, MO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Red Cross chapter receives grants to aid tornado victims- May 27, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/red-cross-chapter-receives-grants-to-aid-tor... Volunteers and victims work together in tornado recovery- May 25, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/volunteers-and-victims-work-together-in-torn... Roses & Thorns- May 23, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/roses-thorns?fromrss=1 Neosho,Newtonia Red Cross Service Centers open through Saturday- May 21, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/neosho-newtonia-red-cross-service-centers-op... Red Cross centers expect crowd today- May 19, 2008 "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 Globehttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/red-cross-centers-expect-crowd-today?fromrss... Group vows to rebuild historic Ritchey Mansion- May 16, 2008 "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 Globehttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/group-vows-to-rebuild-historic-ritchey-mansi... Tornado devastates Newtonia- May 16, 2008 "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 Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/tornado-devastates-newtonia?fromrss=1 Tornado damage photos- May 14, 2008 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, OKhttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/tornado-damage-photos?fromrss=1 Area Surveys Damage- May 13, 2008 "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 Progresshttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/area-surveys-damage?fromrss=1 National Guardsmen provide security for Newtonia, Granby- May 12, 2008 "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 Reporthttp://www.topix.net/city/newtonia-mo/2008/05/national-guardsmen-provide-security-for-newt... |