NEW FRANKLIN--Two weeks after being forced from their home when the Missouri River breached the Petersburg levee in southwest Howard County, John and Alycia Ewings brought their son Caleb home Thursday and began moving their belongings back in. When the order to evacuate came May 31, the Ewings packed everything, including the furniture, in less than five hours, they said. "We had some help," John Ewings said. "Some trucks, trailers and good friends" Since they left residents in the area were advised to evacuate their homes, the Ewings have been staying with their daughter in Speed, a small unincorporated community in Cooper County...
