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

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 ...

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 hospital.

In the aftermath of the tornado, thousands of volunteers came to help Joplin from around the country. Many wrote messages of hope on this tornado-damaged house, and later, Joplin residents wrote a ...

Fifteen years ago, after a massive tornado flattened much of Joplin, Mo., nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild. A spirit of community service lives on in Joplin today.

The kitten has already sparked interest from potential adopters, with some wanting to call it "Tornado" Storm chaser Ashton Lemley rescued a kitten trapped under rubble in a Mississippi trailer park ...

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

A disaster of the magnitude of the one that hit Joplin 15 years ago provided a wealth of information for scientists and ...