A tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, killing more than 150 people.

Friday marks 15 years since a deadly EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. Former Joplin Police Chief Lane Roberts and ...

Photographs from The Star’s archives document the destruction, resilience and hope the community would draw on to rebuild.

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, ...

Community members gathered at Cunningham Park for Operation Bar BEQ relief proclamation and food distribution to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Joplin tornado ...

Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers studying human behavior catastrophes can bring out compassion in surprising ways.

On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158, The Star looks back at the health care workers at St. John’s ...

The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 remains one of the strongest observed in modern history ...

Joplin city officials have changed the city’s outdoor warning siren activation policy as the result of an unwarned EF1 ...

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came together to rebuild after a deadly tornado, a community service spirit lives on.