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 ...

The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in damage, killing 161 and injuring 1,000.

Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers ...

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 ...

On this date in history: In 1868, seven members of the Reno gang stole $98,000 from a railway car at Marshfield, Ind. It was the original "Great Train Robbery." In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ...