The Joplin Fire Department is working to restore the city's tornado sirens after their dispatch center was hit by lightning ...

More affordable housing for veterans is closer to becoming a reality in Joplin. It's all thanks to the Agape Apartments, which are under construction in the 1900 block of New Hampshire Avenue.

JOPLIN, Mo. — One local doctor is remembering a very different May 22 on the 15th anniversary. Today, Dr. Kenneth Stewart is an associate professor at KCU, but 15 years ago his connection was a Joplin ...

One evening in May of 2011, tornado sirens went off in a small Missouri city called Joplin. Thousands of homes were destroyed ...

EF5 storms have the ability to devastate cities, levelling houses and other structures. The costliest tornado in US history, which hit the city of Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011, destroyed about a ...

JOPLIN, Mo. - They were regular churchgoers, devoted parents, seniors in their retirement years and children with untold promise. Some gave their lives to save strangers, thrust by circumstance and ...

About 7:45 p.m. Monday evening July 6, 2026, numerous reports of a funnel cloud spotted over the Iola, Kan. area.

Vernon County finally receives FEMA funding from last year’s severe weather. “As far as rebuilding and that sort of thing, ...

As construction nears an end at a Joplin elementary school, one change is highlighting a big difference in the school day has ...

Doctors at Mercy Joplin Hospital say a new piece of technology will allow cancer patients to get better care without having ...

The Joplin Humane Society is hosting an Adopt-A-Thon where any dog or cat six months or older is free to adopt, and all ...