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'Windblown friendship:' Photos scattered hundreds of miles in tornado connect MS residents
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoROLLING FORK — The twister hit on the night of March 24, flattening Susan Perry’s home in rural...
Salvation Army rededicates its Hope Memorial in tribute to Joplin's spirit
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 19—Russ Hibbard, pastor at Calvary Chapel and Salvation Army advisory board member, remembers handing out water from Salvation Army canteen trucks the first few days after the 2011 Joplin ...
Columbia Daily Tribune's Roger McKinney is retiring. Here's a look back at his career
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA familiar face at Columbia Public Schools board meetings, on campus at the University of Missouri...
Joplin Globe nabs 16 awards in Missouri Press Association contest
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 24—The Joplin Globe won 16 awards, including four first-place designations, in the annual Better Newspaper Contest put on by the Missouri Press Association. The honors were cited last weekend ...
Joplin Schools marks new year with new school at Dover Hill
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 3—To understand the Joplin School District's biggest change over the past year, it's best to start with a visual. Get in your vehicle and head north on Main Street. Go past the post office ...
Judge rejects plea deal in gymnastics coach's case
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 6—Judge Dean Dankelson rejected a former Joplin gymnastics coach's plea deal Monday at his sentencing for sexual abuse of a boy in his charge, resulting in the defendant's withdrawal of ...
3 pieces added to Rotary Sculpture Garden in Mercy Park
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 21—Three new works were added Thursday morning to the Rotary Sculpture Garden at Joplin's Mercy Park, bringing the total number of sculptures to 20, with more to come before the end of ...
County recovery effort in full swing
Claremore Daily Progress, Okla. via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMay 29—Bob Anderson said he has worked a lot of disasters in his 38 years as a rural firefighter including major regional tornadoes in Moore, Oologah, Catoosa and — up until now the worst — ...
Local Moroccan woman reflects on devastating earthquake
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 22—Two weeks after the earthquake, a Joplin woman formerly from Morocco continues to try to grasp the scope of the disaster and reflect on the ongoing relief efforts. Wafaa Najdi was born ...
The Excerpt podcast: Climate change is making fungi a much bigger threat
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a special episode (first released on March 7, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Fungi are among us more than we realize. From the backs of frogs to our own backyard, fungi, a largely neglected ...