From the beginning of the Phelps County Focus back in late summer of 2017, The Insider has been sharing stories of people, places and events. And what The Insider has ...

The EF-4 tornado that struck Arkansas and Missouri on March 14 has been confirmed as the region’s third longest since 1950, ...

March 2025 was the second windiest March on record for Missouri and Arkansas, with over 1,500 wind damage reports and a record number of high wind warnings and watches, as well as a major tornado ...

After a tornado tore through Delta Missouri just two weeks ago, residents of the town are working through the long road to ...

Storm surveys can take days to weeks in order to finalize. Such is the case with a March 14, 2025, tornado which in recent ...

The 2025 severe weather season has already exceeded the 15-year average tornado count, but past seasons have shown that a ...

When severe weather gets into the Joplin area, there are public storm shelters that are open to you.   Dustin Lunow with the ...

America has highways, and then it has legends. Route 66 is firmly in the latter category, friends. The historic “Main Street ...

The Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba stands as the oldest continuously operating motel on Route 66, welcoming travelers since 1935.

NEVADA, Mo. — In just 15 minutes on Wednesday morning, a tornado reduced to rubble destroyed everything that Alexis Van Raden and her family had built over seven years. Now, the family is asking for ...

The tornado that ripped through West-central Missouri Wednesday morning destroyed in seconds things that had been rooted in the area for decades. Moundville resident Craig Bott learned just how sw ...

NEVADA, Mo. — An EF-1 tornado ripped through Vernon County, Missouri, just after 7:30 on Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed that the twister touched down southwest of ...