Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, most children in Joplin Schools have no direct memory of the May 22, 2011, tornado, it having happened before they were ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Friday marks 15 years since a deadly EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. Former Joplin Police Chief Lane Roberts and now a Missouri state representative recalls that ...

15 years ago today, one of the most destructive and deadly tornadoes in U.S. history struck the city of Joplin, just across the Oklahoma border. It all happened in a matter of minutes on that Sunday ...

The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, became the deadliest in modern history — killing 158 people. Although little damage is now visible to the naked eye, to the survivors, ...

PECULIAR, Mo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Operation BBQ Relief® (OBR) will return to the city where its mission began, setting up at Cunningham Park in Joplin, Mo. to ...

Three sisters and a daughter, Susan Sims (left), Jen Brown, Linda Sonaty and Lisa Johnson (right) embraced as Joplin residents gathered for a moment of silence on May 29, 2011. Star file photo On May ...