Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon pledged state support for recovery efforts in Sedalia on Friday during a late afternoon tour of damaged and destroyed homes in the Brentwood subdivision.
“It is piece-by-piece-by-piece and step-by-step,” Nixon told public officials and members of the media as he passed by numerous homes partially or completely destroyed by the storm.
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