The remains of a truck is wrapped around a tree as Kayla McMinn gathers belongings on Vermont Avenue, near 18th Street, on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011, a day after Joplin, Mo., was hit by a tornado ...

5/24/11 Tuesday, Joplin -- A view of the extensive tornado damage to a house in the city of Joplin from a Missouri National Guard Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday morning. J.B. Forbes ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Despite delays caused by the wet spring, three Joplin schools damaged or destroyed by the May 2011 tornado are on target to open as scheduled. Three elementary schools are expected ...

At least 116 are dead and nearly 30 percent of city damaged. May 23, 2011 — -- Rescue efforts are under way as residents of Joplin, Mo., try to pick up the pieces of their lives after a ...

No community would willingly sign up for a deadly tornado, but at some point, tragedy and destruction become the opportunity to thoughtfully make things better than before. St. Louis now has the ...

Grand Island resident John Nelson was in the first class to graduate from the "new" Joplin High School in 1959, while granddaughter Tatiana Nelson will likely be in the last graduating class from the ...