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Available: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call: 417-624-0233 or 417-623-6111 or 620-231-0400 Email: hkelley@koamtv.com (Emails are not checked if a storm is in progress)More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:51 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:51:16 GMT
People attending the Cunningham Park event this evening have a chance to sign a Banner of Hope for the victims in Moore, Oklahoma. It's a 20-foot-long banner with the words "Miracle of the Human Spirit". ThatMore >>
People attending the Cunningham Park event this evening have a chance to sign a Banner of Hope for the victims in Moore, Oklahoma. It's a 20-foot-long banner with the words "Miracle of the Human Spirit".More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:43 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:43:31 GMT
Pittsburg city leaders met Wednesday morning to discuss response efforts after Monday's storm. 1,100 hundred people were without power after the storm. Since then power has been restored. For some,More >>
Pittsburg city leaders met Wednesday morning to discuss response efforts after Monday's storm. 1,100 hundred people were without power after the storm. Since then power has been restored. For some, rebuilding is already underway.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:29 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:29:05 GMT
What was once part of an ongoing nightmare for Joplin is now happening in Moore, Oklahoma. Monday night ten Joplin police officers, four Joplin firemen, and two METS ambulance workers went to Moore toMore >>
What was once part of an ongoing nightmare for Joplin is now happening in Moore, Oklahoma. Monday night ten Joplin police officers, four Joplin firemen, and two METS ambulance workers went to Moore to help with the immediate aftermath of the tornado there.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:57 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:57:25 GMT
161 lives were lost during the Joplin tornado. One family today honored their son, 16-year-old, Lantz Hare, who lost his life at 20th and Wisconsin. Lantz was in his mother's vehicle at the Dillon'sMore >>
Friends and family gather on the two year anniversary of the tornado to look back on the life of 16 year old Lantz Hare.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:44 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:44:44 GMT
When the May 22, 2011 tornado destroyed St. John's, Freeman was left as the only hospital in town. All at once hundreds of lives were left in the hands of these medical professionals. Kristin Huke wasMore >>
Kristin Huke was at Freeman Hospital that day. Her nephew, Gunter, was born just before the tornado struck Joplin. Kristin says she had no idea the extent of the storm until she saw the fear in eyes of the people pouring into the hospital doors.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:30 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:30:57 GMT
There are signs of progress on the new Mercy hospital every day. A crew of around 250 are working to provide a new state of the art health care facility. Crews are starting to install reinforced concreteMore >>
There are signs of progress on the new Mercy hospital every day. A crew of around 250 are working to provide a new state of the art health care facility. Crews are starting to install reinforced concrete panels on the exterior side of the building.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:13 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:13:46 GMT
News release from the Joplin Police Department: The Joplin Police Department is pleased to announce that we now have a Facebook page. The Joplin Police Department has been committed to being activelyMore >>
The Joplin Police Department is pleased to announce that we now have a Facebook page. The Joplin Police Department has been committed to being actively involved with our community and this will be one more way that we can connect with the citizens and visitors of Joplin.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 3:47 PM EDT2013-05-22 19:47:36 GMT
News release from Southwest Missouri Bank: May 22, 2013 (Joplin, MO) – Southwest Missouri Bank is making it easy for us in southwest Missouri to help those in Moore, OK affected by the EF-5 Tornado thatMore >>
Southwest Missouri Bank is making it easy for us in southwest Missouri to help those in Moore, OK affected by the EF-5 Tornado that tore through their community May 20th.More >>
Joplin, Missouri hit by EF-5 Tornado on May 22, 2011 GENERAL INFORMATION May 22, 2013 Joplin population approximately 50,175 (2010 Census) Daytime population approximately 240,000 Located inMore >>
A lot has happened in the two years since the tornado struck Joplin and Duquesne. The City of Joplin's Public Information Officer, Lynn Onstot, provided the media with an extensive fact sheet of statistics and costs since that recovery. More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 2:17 PM EDT2013-05-22 18:17:34 GMT
News release issued by Pittsburg State University Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott issued the following statement upon learning of the death of PSU student Devon Morris. Morris, a 20-year-oldMore >>
Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott issued the following statement upon learning of the death of PSU student Devon Morris. Morris, a 20-year-old from LaCygne, Kan., passed away as a result of an ATV accident on Monday near Springfield, Mo.More >>
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