Emery Wainscottewainscott@murraystate.edu Camp Graves has adapted quickly to each need presented after the tornado, and now, the organization is shifting its focus to two projects that will help veterans find housing and work and one that will help Hispanic residents…
Emery Wainscottewainscott@murraystate.edu The night of the tornado, Micah Seavers remembers just wanting to help. “That’s all that was going through our minds,” Seavers said. “I used to live in Alabama, and I have been through devastating tornadoes before—but this is…
Rachel Essner ressner1@murraystate.edu Disaster struck Mayfield, Kentucky on Dec. 10, 2021, when an EF-4 tornado nearly destroyed the town. However, many people do not know about the next catastrophe, known as the “disaster after the disaster.” In the following days…
From sticky notes to blueprints, community members have come together after the Dec. 10, 2021 tornado to not only recover what was destroyed but to outline a plan to enhance Mayfield from what it once was. Headed by community volunteers,…
270 Stories is a project of the JMC Collaborative Journalism Capstone class at Murray State University. The title comes from the area code, 270, which encompasses far western Kentucky. The 270 was dramatically changed on the evening of Dec. 10,…
There was a time when Lana Fuchs could look from the windows of her Cambridge Shores cabin and see lush trees with only a slight view of Kentucky Lake. This all changed when an EF-4 tornado decimated a small lakeside…
From Haunted Graves to Merry Mayfield, the city of Mayfield, Kentucky is known for its townwide holiday celebrations, but the Dec. 10, 2021 tornado put those at risk.. After nearly a year, Mayfield residents were able to have a Halloween…
Emery Wainscottewainscott@murraystate.edu Cardinal red, golden yellow and hot pink flashed across the football field as the Mayfield High School Marching Band played its 2022 show. Panels showing different phases of the sky—whether that’s night or day, cloudy or clear, deep…
Nearly a year after an EF-4 tornado leveled much of Mayfield’s government infrastructure, the police and fire departments have adjusted to new locations. Fire Station 1, which was near the Graves County Courthouse, relocated to the Graves County Health Department,…
MAYFIELD, KY — After 133 years, residents of Mayfield said goodbye to the historic Graves County Courthouse on Sept. 13, after demolition of the building began. After being nearly destroyed in the Dec. 10, 2021 tornado, the decision was made…
