Federal investigators say a Union Pacific freight train involved in a collision that collapsed a Missouri highway overpass had a signal to stop when the crash happened.

The May 25th accident occurred when the UP train hit the side of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train at the rail intersection near Chaffee. The accident derailed about two dozen rail cars, destroying columns supporting a highway overpass. No one was seriously injured.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Friday. The report says signal data show the UP train had a signal indication to stop, while the BNSF train had a signal to proceed.

The report also says the damage is estimated at $11 million.  Transportation officials estimated that replacing the overpass will cost about $3 million.

The overpass is used by 400 to 500 cars a day.

A Kansas State University researcher says the prolonged North American drought is taking a toll on some species of fish, affecting their long-term viability.

Biology professor Keith Gido says a few species have disappeared, including the silver chub that was once found in a southern Kansas river. He said a survey found 300 of the fish in the summer of 2011 but only three in 2012 — and none in a sampling this spring.

Gido says similar results have been found in ecosystems in Colorado and New Mexico as rivers become more fragmented and difficult for young fish to develop and survive.

Researchers say efforts are needed to conserve remaining waterways and reduce the number of nonnative, predatory fish that threaten certain species.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has raised concerns about legislation that would cut the state income tax. Now, he’s ready to do something about it.

The Democratic governor says he plans to take action Wednesday on the legislation that he has previously indicated he likely will veto.

The measure passed by the Republican-led Legislature would gradually cut individual and corporate income tax rates.

It also would create a 50 percent deduction for business income that gets reported on individual tax returns.

Nixon said a month ago that the tax cut could drain hundreds of millions of dollars from state services.

Last week, Nixon raised additional concerns over an apparently inadvertent section that would repeal a sales tax exemption for prescription medicines. The governor says the repeal would cost consumers an estimated $200 million annually.

The head of a group that represents Kansas emergency responders says it’s time to consider rules for storm chasers in the wake of the deaths of three professional chasers in Oklahoma.

Three veteran chasers were killed Friday by a tornado near El Reno, Okla. Officials say the men’s deaths are believed to be the first among scientific researchers while chasing tornadoes.

Brian Stone is president of the Kansas Emergency Management Association.

Stone says the deaths are likely to prompt new study of who should be out chasing storms. He says if someone chooses to chase tornadoes, there should be rules to ensure they know what they’re doing.

But Stone concedes he’s not sure whether law officers could enforce such rules.

A cabbie alerted police to what he suspected was the kidnapping of a drugged woman. Now two men are in custody in southwest Missouri.

A judge set bond at one million dollars each for Rayan Alqabbaa, 21, and Ahmed Alanazi, 27. Police followed the cabbie’s tip to an apartment early Saturday.

Police found two men and a partially clothed woman who was barely conscious.

The woman later told police had gone into a Springfield bar while her fiance parked their car and was given free drinks, then surrounded by unfamiliar men.

Cab driver Brian Newman said he drove the woman and the suspects to an apartment building, then flagged down a police officer.

The suspects are charged with forcible sodomy and kidnapping.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill on foreign laws, saying the measure would create barriers to adoptions from other countries.

The bill would have made court rulings unenforceable if they were based on any foreign law or system considered “repugnant” or inconsistent with the constitution.

Adoption advocates raised concerns about how that could affect adoptions completed in another country.

Nixon announced the veto Monday. The governor says the bill would have created uncertainty in Missouri’s legal system and could have had a “chilling effect on foreign adoptions.”

Supporters said the legislation was designed to prevent Missouri courts from using policies that come from outside the U.S. and violate constitutional protections.

About 38,000 customers of the utility company Ameren are still without power, three days after strong storms and tornadoes struck the St. Louis area.

Most of the outages — nearly 37,000 — were on the Missouri side of the St. Louis region as of about 7:45 a.m. Monday.

Several tornadoes were reported in the metro St. Louis area Friday night, damaging hundreds of homes. No one was killed. We have tornado video from Maryland Heights (here) and St Charles County (here).

Ameren says it is more than 2,400 workers involved in the effort to restore power, including contract linemen brought in from five other states.

For the second time in two years, Lambert Airport in St. Louis is cleaning up after a storm caused significant damage to Missouri’s largest airport.

The storm caused extensive damage to two aircraft hangars, three out buildings and a parking lot. Repair costs have not been determined.

On April 22, 2011, a strong tornado hit Lambert, significantly damaging a terminal and knocking out dozens of windows. Total damage was $25 million.

Though one of the tornadoes on Friday struck the area around Lambert, it wasn’t clear if the latest damage was from a tornado or straight-line winds.

The damage will not stop Lambert from hosting the arrival of the high-tech Solar Impulse plane, scheduled to arrive Monday night.

Newton County officials say canoeists found the body of a Joplin man in a creek.

The man’s body was found Sunday afternoon in Shoal Creek southwest of Joplin.

Sheriff Ken Copeland says the man appeared to be in his 50s and was fully clothed. He says there are no signs of foul play.

The man’s identity was not released until relatives are notified.

Copeland said investigators were told that the man was with friends when he fell into the water, but officials were not notified.