Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday is the 15-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado, which tore a six-mile-long and up to a mile-wide path of devastation ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Missouri officials say the death toll from the massive May 22 Joplin tornado has risen to 138 people. The state Department of Public Safety announced the increase from 134 to 138 on ...

JOPLIN — The death toll from the May 22 tornado that devastated Joplin has risen to 155. City officials said 88-year-old Edmon A. Cooper died Thursday from injuries he suffered in the tornado.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158 in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, The Star is republishing photographs ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Friday marks the day 15 years ago an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri. The massive supercell that formed over southwest Missouri on May 22, 2011 brought on a mile-wide tornado that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published June 19, 2011. The Star is republishing it to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Joplin tornado. Looking back, they remember the quiet — like a ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) There were tearful remembrances for lost classmates and jokes about spending their senior year in a converted department store. But most of all for Joplin High School's Class of 2012, ...