In the plains of central Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that guests barely flinched as a barrel-racing bride wed her bull-riding groom with a twister dropping from the sky just miles away.

But

Police in a suburb in the state of Missouri recently encountered one tough alligator, or so they thought.

Officers in Independence, a Kansas City suburb, responded to a call on a Saturday evening abo

Elsie Eiler is the most admired person in Monowi, Neb. She is also the smartest, wealthiest, best-looking and youngest.

"And the oldest," she is quick to add.

When you are the only resident of a com