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

Today, most children in Joplin Schools have no direct memory of the May 22, 2011, tornado, it having happened before they were born. But Joplin’s response captured the attention of the country, ...

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

On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158 in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, The Star is republishing photographs from our archives that document the destruction, resilience and hope ...

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 ...

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

A 1-year-old and a 2-year-old remain in critical condition Friday after a head-on crash earlier in the week in Douglas County.

Joplin city officials have changed the city's outdoor warning siren activation policy as the result of an unwarned EF1 tornado that struck the west side of the city April 24, ...

The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in ...

A disaster of the magnitude of the one that hit Joplin 15 years ago provided a wealth of information for scientists and engineers, as well as lessons for meteorologists and ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KCTV) - Fifteen years after the deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history tore through Joplin, Missouri, an emergency physician who set up a makeshift triage center is reflecting on that ...

A Joplin home renovation company is looking to give back to a veteran in honor of this Memorial Day.