Three counties added to disaster declaration

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Three counties have been added to Gov. Matt Blunt's request for federal natural disaster declaration, bringing the total to 112 Missouri counties. Blunt added Andrew, Linn and Scott counties to the request. Damage assessments reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture originally said these counties, as well as Atchison and Holt, did not meet requirements for federal disaster declaration. The USDA Farm Services Agency did a second assessment on Blunt's request...