Lily Burris
Tornado Recovery ReporterLily Burris is a tornado recovery reporter for WKMS. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University, worked at the College Heights Herald, and interned at Louisville Public Media during her time there. In her free time, she enjoys reading, crocheting and baking.
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Kentucky Legal Aid will receive more than $3 million from the Legal Service Corporation to support the group’s continued legal aid response to the December tornado outbreak.
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Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that up to $3.25 million would go to help grain farmers in western Kentucky avoid crop and profit loss stemming from December’s tornado outbreak.
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It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region. The event was heartbreaking, and took most people by surprise. Tornadoes aren’t unheard of in Kentucky, but few were expecting one of the longest tornado systems in the country’s history to materialize on the night of Dec. 10 — not exactly twister season.
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A spire stood atop the Graves County Courthouse before an E-4 tornado swept through downtown Mayfield in December. While the spire no longer tops the courthouse, it can still be seen – less than a hundred yards away – in a mural just off the square proclaiming “Mayfield: More than a Memory.”
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A small Hopkins County town once famous for its restorative waters is still in the early stages of healing after a deadly EF-4 tornado destroyed much of its historic downtown area and a majority of its residences in December.
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Two paths covering nearly 7,000 acres of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area were carved up by December’s tornado outbreak, leaving portions of LBL in both Kentucky and Tennessee heavily damaged after the storm.
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From the main drag on State Road 94 through Cayce in far western Kentucky you can see a red building that wasn’t there six months ago.
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A tornado survivor support group for people impacted by December’s deadly storms is meeting for the first time Thursday in Mayfield.
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A disaster recovery resource fair will be held in Hopkins County this weekend to help survivors of the tornado that ripped through west and central Kentucky nearly six months ago.
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In the nearly 6 months since the December tornado outbreak, millions of dollars have been given out to local governments, communities, schools, churches and people to help offset the cost of disaster recovery. Four times so far this month, some of those funds have come from the state under Senate Bill 150.