Jean Carnahan was in the state capital as Gov. Bob Holden dedicated a plaque and renamed a garden in the shadow of the Governor's Mansion in honor of Mel Carnahan.

The dedication of the bust of late Gov. Mel Carnahan will continue as planned. The event is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday in Carnahan Memorial Garden. It will occur just nine days after the death ...

The garden was renamed Carnahan Memorial Garden following the death of Carnahan, who was killed in a plane crash on October 16, 2000, while campaigning on for a congressional seat.

COLUMBIA — A bust of former governor Mel Carnahan was dedicated Thursday at the Carnahan Memorial Garden in Jefferson City . The dedicated occurred just over a week after the death of his wife ...