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City wants to buy weather radios for those without

Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.

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June 26, 2009

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Fri Jun 26, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT

Thomas White pleaded guilty this morning to two counts of first-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action related to the discharge of an assault rifle inside Memorial Middle School on Oct. 9, 2006, White was accused of trying to repeatedly shoot the principal who ushered him out of the building.

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City wants to buy weather radios for those without
Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.

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