PICHER, Okla. – A tornado did what the federal government could not. Ellis Jones had been a holdout in the government’s quest to pay everyone to leave Picher, contaminated from its long-closed ...

PICHER, Okla. -- A tornado roared through the northeast Oklahoma town of Picher Sunday, killing at least seven people and leaving widespread destruction. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown ...

MORRIS: Well, it is unusual because it's - at least in Picher, it's sort of a combination blow where this town has been through so much already. And then the tornado just kind of came in to sort ...

PICHER, Okla. (AP) -- A tornado roared through the northeast Oklahoma town of Picher on Saturday, killing at least six people and leaving widespread destruction. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.

and also getting hit by a destructive tornado, it ceased municipal operations in 2009. That same year, Picher-Cardin High School, perhaps best known for its distinctive “Gorilla” mascot ...

It's a familiar sound as her home was destroyed in the 2008 EF4 tornado in Picher, and few years later, her son was seriously injured in the Joplin tornado. "You can move you, you have to," she said.

We suspect that $8 million will be enough.” Tolbert said the damage from the tornado has brought more than just funds to help the people of Picher; it has generated national awareness of the ...

PICHER, Okla. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is closing its Picher headquarters six weeks after a tornado destroyed most of the northwest Oklahoma town. Most people who need help have ...

Damage after a Saturday tornado hit Picher, Okla., Sunday, May 11, 2008. Photo by Matt Strasen Then, in 2008 an EF-4 tornado leveled the southern half of the town, leaving seven dead and many more ...

“I first visited Picher in 2008, shortly after the tornado,” photographer Todd Stewart told Hyperallergic. “The tornado had leveled houses in a significant part of the town, leaving only ...

Saturated with tears, they reflect her nauseating grief. Patel lost her son and daughter-in-law in the tornado that struck Picher on Saturday. Their bodies were found on Mother’s Day.