What was once a busy Villa Ridge neighborhood now sits nearly abandoned, with families still waiting for help. Many are wondering why the cleanup is taking so long.

VILLA RIDGE, Mo. – Families in Villa Ridge continue ... Purnell says, luckily, not all of his kids were home at the time as a tornado ripped the roof right off of one of their bedrooms.

Like so many, a Villa Ridge family is still struggling to recover following last month’s devastating EF2 tornado that ripped ... Fee’s on their long road to recovery. If you’d like to ...

A small town about 45 miles southwest of St. Louis, called Villa Ridge, suffered damage when an EF-2 tornado damaged several buildings, including a Burger King. Villa Ridge has a population of ...

Families in Villa Ridge continue to dig through debris left behind by the Friday night storms. Local nonprofits are working to help replace some of what was lost. Glass crunched beneath Isaac ...

The same tornado that hit Villa Ridge and Gray Summit tracked into the community outside of St. Louis Friday night. With 130 mph winds, the 13.6 miles-long and 130-yard-wide twister left a clear ...

Stories of heartbreak and recovery were told across the ... trapped in a Burger King bathroom as an EF-2 tornado rolled through the town of Villa Ridge, about 45 miles southwest of Missouri.

"Shelters have opened their doors, and people are stepping up to help however they can. The ‘Show-Me’ spirit is alive and strong in the face of this disaster." ...