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Mo. (AP) Crews have started rebuilding a high school that was destroyed when a deadly tornado swept through Joplin in May 2011. The first structural beams for the new three-story school were dropped into place.
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Organizers of a marathon basketball game said they spent days on the court to benefit victims of a Missouri tornado whose lives were altered in mere seconds...Louis was in its fifth and final day Sunday with a goal of 110 hours, a Guinness world
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The high school football stadium still stands in Joplin...The tornado that struck in May swept away homes and businesses, friends and families, killing more than 150 people and leaving billions of dollars in damage. There's comfort in routine, though,
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As the sun set on Sunday, May 22, Joe Bettasso lay asleep on his couch. The McPherson College football coach had planned to go back to his hometown of Joplin, Mo., that weekend, but decided to cancel the trip when a McPherson alumni group requested
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Before many college athletes pull on a practice T-shirt for the season, community service is assigned.In a team camaraderie exercise, a house gets painted, an area gets cleaned, kids in the hospital are visited. The endeavors are all worthy
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Mo. (AP) — The twister that laid waste to Joplin last month hit the school system especially hard: It killed seven students and one teacher and destroyed three school buildings, including the only public high school. Now
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The tweaking of roles in the Royals bullpen continues with manager Ned Yost confirming Blake Wood and Greg Holland now share duty as the primary setup relievers for closer Joakim Soria. I dont really have a solid eighth-inning guy, Yost
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Scenes from the aftermath of one of America's deadliest tornadoes...Photographs by Andy Kroll Driving into Joplin, Missouri, from the north, you wouldn't know the most wicked tornado to strike this country in six decades had swept through this small
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The gravediggers pushed on under cemetery oak trees even as the light ran out, digging holes 6 feet deep, 42 inches wide, again and again, smoothing out the rough edges with a shovel, again and again. A cemetery administrator studied his map to be
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Mo. Jamie McMurray stepped carefully around the perimeter of what was left of a familiar house not much more than a pile of lumber and brick. Joplin native looked at it just right, he could still see it: the home he was raised in, where he once
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