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Residents are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South.
A preliminary survey by National Weather Service Jackson suggests an EF-3 tornado struck Laurel County late Friday.
Schools in Laurel and Pulaski counties will be closed Monday as communities recover from severe weekend storms.
A reported tornado in Laurel County, KY, left at least 19 people dead and several injured, as officials report destruction of homes and buildings.
A dedicated firefighter died responding after a tornado touched down in Laurel County Friday night. The Laurel County Fire Department shared in a statement Saturday morning that Major Leslie Roger ...
Flags at the Laurel County Fire Department are flying at half-staff in memory of Major Leslie Leatherman, who began as a ...
The community of Laurel County, Kentucky, is grieving the loss of more than a dozen people, including a firefighter who spent nearly four decades helping others, after a tornado destroyed his ...
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced Sunday afternoon that the death toll from Friday’s round of severe weather had risen ...
Sheriff Root encouraged everyone to continue looking out for one another and said the community would get through this together.
This number is expected to grow as we receive more information. Please pray for all of our affected families,” the governor wrote.
LCSO is asking anyone who finds something that may belong to someone else to bring it to the sheriff's office at 203 South Broad Street in London.