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Published: 09/14/11

Published: 07/19/11

Published: 07/07/11

Joplin attorney Ed Hershewe hunkered down with his family in a theater room in his basement Sunday evening as a tornado and severe storms struck. “You could look out the theater room door and see patio furniture just lifted up in the air,” Hershewe said. Fortunately, Hershewe said, all five of his children were home when the tornado hit, and his house was undamaged, though it’s only about a mile from St. John’s Regional Health Center, which suffered a direct blow.

The attorney who led the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office before Jim Kanatzar took over also will lead it now that he’s gone. Melissa Mauer-Smith, a 24-year veteran of the office, will serve as Jackson County’s interim prosecutor, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders said Thursday.