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

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A new addition to the new Tin Cup Bridge was unveiled Wednesday. It’s the latest Joplin Heritage Trail marker. Placed at the ...

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 ...

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came together to rebuild after a deadly tornado, a community service spirit lives on.

In the aftermath of the tornado, thousands of volunteers came to help Joplin from around the country. Many wrote messages of hope on this tornado-damaged house, and later, Joplin residents wrote a ...

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 ...