On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, causing miles of damage across the city and leaving 161 ...

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

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

Today is the 15-year anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri, EF5 tornado, the nation's deadliest in 64 years and record costliest. It wasn't the day's only tornado.

Remembering the lives lost in the 2011 Joplin tornado.

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ON CAPITOL HILL I'M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER TODAY MARKS 15 YEARS SINCE AN EF-5 TORNADO TORE THROUGH JOPLIN MISSOURI - KILLING 161 PEOPLE AND FOREVER CHANGING THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE. THE STORM WAS ONE OF THE ...

The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, with city officials saying death toll is at least 139. State officials ...

Scientists say the unusually aggressive infection occurs when dirt or vegetation becomes embedded under the skin. In some cases, injuries that had been stitched up had to be reopened to clean out the ...

Early reports say 30 are dead: A tornado steamrolled over Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night, knocking out a hospital and causing many deaths across the city, according to various reports. Joplin, which the ...