Cunningham Park

JOPLIN, Mo. --  The City of Joplin held a ceremony on the second anniversary of the tornado which killed 161 people and injured more than 900. Recovery efforts were highlighted in various tents located throughout Cunningham Park as part of the second...

WASHINGTON — Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award a $20 million grant to Joplin, Missouri, to assist with the city’s economic recovery following a...

JOPLIN, Mo -- This week will mark two years since the deadly tornado hit the town of Joplin. The twister killed 161 people and damaged thousands of homes and business. Two years later and Joplin is still on the road to recovery. A new hospital, schools,...

The TAMKO Roofers were an independent basketball team that played for five seasons in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was an era in which communities smaller than Joplin fielded teams and recruited talent throughout the region. The Roofers,...

JOPLIN, Mo. --  The City of Joplin has updated its plans for events and observances to be held May 22, 2013, the second anniversary of the tornado which killed 161 people and injured more than 900.  Details follow. Recovery efforts will be highlighted...

Lou Tramontana Sr. was persuasive. And persistent. And patient -- well, sometimes he was patient. Tramontana, who lived in Vineland most of his life, needed big doses of all those attributes to finish a big project he started for his hometown. It was...

BABY'S DEATH-SENTENCE Mo. man sentenced in case related to baby's death (Information in the following story is from: KMIZ-TV, http://www.kmiz.com) FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man has received probation on charges relating to the death...

BISMARCK, Mo. (AP) — A 22-year-old eastern Missouri man is badly burned, and may face criminal charges, after a fire at his apartment was blamed on a methamphetamine lab. The fire broke out last week in Bismarck. Witnesses contacted police last...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Joplin is preparing to mark the second anniversary of a tornado that killed 161 people and injured hundreds more.   The EF-5 tornado hit the southwest Missouri city on May 22, 2011, destroying thousands of homes and businesses. On that...

Joplin, Mo. -- The Joplin tornado claimed dozens of lives and leveled hundreds of homes and businesses.  It also wiped out thousands of trees.  As part of the recovery process, new trees have been donated, but now the intense drought is threatening to...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says some Board of Fisheries changes approved in February will affect some Kenai Peninsula fisheries for the 2011 season. Some of the changes apply to all Kenai Peninsula freshwaters, the Kenai River Drainage and...