First responders and their families enjoyed a free appreciation event in Joplin, featuring lunch, swimming, face painting, ...

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The last polio survivor in America to depend on an iron lung has died. Martha Ann Lillard, 78, invited Nexstar’s KFOR to her ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. — At least six radar-indicated tornadoes have been confirmed across southern Illinois following Sunday's severe storm outbreak. The strongest touched down in Jefferson County, ...

DAMAGE.LOUISIANA.GOV TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. AND FAMILIES IN HOUMA. THEY ARE NOW RECOVERING AFTER A TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THEIR AREA YESTERDAY, AND NOW THE COMMUNITY IS STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT PEOPLE ...

Mary Schutz, who was 16 when the F-5 tornado struck Fargo, told her story story during a community presentation in Detroit Lakes. Mary Schutz speaks at the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center ...

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, damaging city properties ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — OzarksFirst (KOLR 10) is revisiting one of the darkest days in the history of the Ozarks with a 30-minute ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — OzarksFirst (KOLR 10) is revisiting one of the darkest days in the history of the Ozarks with a 30-minute special marking the 15th anniversary of the Joplin tornado. The special, ...

THIS WEEKEND, A RELIEF ORGANIZATION FROM OUR AREA IS REFLECTING ON HOW A CATASTROPHIC áANDá DEADLY EVENT HELPED TO SHAPE WHAT IT IS TODAY. "SHEEPDOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE" HAS RESPONDED TO NUMEROUS ...

Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the ...

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 ...