2021 Tornado Outbreak

A western Kentucky city devastated by a deadly EF-4 tornado nearly one year ago has a reason to cheer this week as the Mayfield High School football team makes its bid for a state title.

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Holiday preparations are underway in Mayfield as recovery from last year’s deadly tornado outbreak continues.

Former employees of the western Kentucky candle factory destroyed in last December’s deadly tornado outbreak are alleging Mayfield Consumer Products retaliated against them for cooperating with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) probe.

A Hopkins County group unveiled a memorial to victims of last December’s tornado outbreak this weekend less than a month before the one-year anniversary of the disaster.

A western Kentucky art institution destroyed by last year’s deadly tornado outbreak is getting a new start.

Kentucky Sports Radio and the Kentucky Chamber Foundation presented the more than $950,000 check to the nonprofit in Dawson Springs, where around 75% of the community’s homes were damaged or destroyed by high speed winds last December.

The Hopkins County Long Term Recovery Group – founded in the wake of last December’s deadly tornado outbreak – recently celebrated the completion of a new storage building which will be used to store donations before they can be given to people impacted by the disaster.

Tornado victims in Dawson Springs received new plants and trees on their properties last weekend with the help of volunteers, one of several efforts in the western Kentucky to add greenery to places hit by last year’s tornado outbreak.

Officials at the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky say reforestation efforts are underway after two tornadoes ripped through sections of the recreation area in December, destroying countless trees along the way. Likewise, western Kentucky cities are pushing initiatives to bring a little green back into tornado-impacted communities.