Joplin, Missouri, still hasn’t fully recovered from the devastating tornado that struck the city on May 22, 2011. The scale-topping EF-5 twister killed 161 people in 13 minutes as it swept through the ...

The City of Joplin is now strengthening its policy on sounding storm sirens after severe weather overnight. Sirens did not sound when a tornado touched down around midnight near West 1st Street and ...

JOPLIN, Missouri – It's been 15 years since the deadliest tornado in modern history ripped through Joplin, devastating the city of 50,000 in southwest Missouri. On May 22, 2011, an extremely dangerous ...

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 ...

JOPLIN, Mo. – This week marks 15 years since a devastating EF-5 tornado tore through the heart of Joplin, killing 161 people and forever changing the city’s landscape. The storm was one of the ...

While her home was completely destroyed, Amy Jump, her husband and three children all survived the tornado that devastated Joplin. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Sta Star file photo On the 15th ...

Three sisters and a daughter, Susan Sims (left), Jen Brown, Linda Sonaty and Lisa Johnson (right) embraced as Joplin residents gathered for a moment of silence on May 29, 2011. Star file photo On May ...

JOPLIN, Mo. – A local news anchor who was on the air during the deadliest tornado in modern history said he still remembers everything from that night. “I thought I was ready for whatever was thrown ...