Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva was already a tennis phenom at age 15. At 19 she’s a Grand Slam champion. The eighth-ranked ...

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain. Leo opened his weeklong ...

Summer is here! Here are some things to do in Franklin County in June.

Duquesne officials and community members cut the ribbon Friday on Memorial Park. The park honors those killed in the May 22, ...

Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the ...

“On May 22, 2011, one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history struck Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1000. This event was one of the most significant tornadoes in United ...

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

Across a 22-mile path, around 7,500 homes were damaged, 3,000 of which were heavily damaged or completely destroyed, decimating the southwestern Missouri town that continues to mourn one of the worst ...

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

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) — The newly elected Joplin City Council members were sworn in Monday evening, April 8, 2024. Outgoing Mayor Doug Lawson firstly presented appreciations to outgoing council members.

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, ...