Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday is the 15-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado, which tore a six-mile-long and up to a mile-wide path of devastation ...

Joplin, Missouri, still hasn't fully recovered from the devastating tornado that struck the city on May 22, 2011. The scale-topping EF-5 twister killed 161 people in 13 minutes as it swept through the ...

A special program marking 15 years since the deadly EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, is set to air on The Weather Channel, according to a community announcement. The one-hour program, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The City of Joplin is now strengthening its policy on sounding storm sirens after severe weather overnight. Sirens did not sound when a tornado touched down around midnight near West 1st Street and ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) There were tearful remembrances for lost classmates and jokes about spending their senior year in a converted department store. But most of all for Joplin High School's Class of 2012, ...

JOPLIN, Mo. – This week marks 15 years since a devastating EF-5 tornado tore through the heart of Joplin, killing 161 people and forever changing the city’s landscape. The storm was one of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Coverage of the catastrophic Joplin, Mo., tornado and the investigation into secret intelligence operations set up by the New York City Police Department won awards for deadline and ...

Joplin, MO. (KOLR) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Jasper County on Friday, causing damage across parts of Joplin. According to storm survey crews, ...

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 ...