Camp Graves, a nonprofit organization based out of Water Valley, Kentucky, is best known for providing temporary housing to local families who have faced disasters like the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado. Office Manager Cassy Basham says that’s the simple part.…
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…
After its long-standing Mayfield facility was destroyed in the December 2021 tornado, Hutson Inc. has pledged to build a larger facility in the spot where its forebear once stood. The Fulton Road facility — serving as a “flagship” for the…
Dylan Knight discusses surviving the storm In this episode, 270 Stories reporter Maggie Helms talks with Dylan Knight of Mayfield, whose house was heavily damaged during the Dec. 10, 2021 tornado. You’ll notice something interesting. His bookshelf didn’t have any…
Murray State professor discusses tornado aftermath of her hometown 270 Stories is a podcast produced by the students enrolled in JMC 597 Collaborative Journalism Capstone at Murray State University. The premise of these podcasts is to tell a story in…
When an EF-4 tornado with 195 mph winds destroyed the First United Methodist Church in Mayfield, Kentucky, Reverend Joey Reed and his wife were sheltering in the basement. The catastrophic tornado flattened the historic downtown church of 102 years, as…
Blue Bank, Tenn. – Leafless cypresses stand in contrast to the greenery of spring as life starts to rebound in west Tennessee after a devastating EF4 tornado struck Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky on Dec. 10. The tornado killed 80…
When Colleen Crenshaw heard a group of elderly living on a fixed income would have to start their lives over after the Dec. 10 tornado, it broke her heart. She and a group of friends came together to spark a…
