Skip to content
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 7:54 AM CST
|By 14 News Staff
As relief efforts continue for tornado victims, we’ve teamed up with Salvation Army to help raise money for disaster relief.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM CST
|By Jill Lyman
December’s deadly storm killed 28 across the Bremen and Dawson Springs areas, according to local officials.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:15 AM CST
|By 14 News Staff
That’s the recovery center at Mike’s Old Pharmacy in Earlington.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 5:48 AM CDT
|By Jamee French
Governor Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear spent Monday in Bremen and Dawson Springs to bring Christmas cheer.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 7:38 PM CDT
|By Jamee French
The Dec. 10 tornados destroyed several homes in Hopkins County, but now Judge-Executive Jack Whitfield says the rebuilding process is slowing down.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Steve Mehling
Hawkins Auto Body General Manager Mark Kurtz says he’s never seen damage like he’s seen with the cars brought in after the Dec. 10 deadly storms.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Robinson Miles
The work to get back to normal is far from over for people in Western Kentucky affected by the Dec. 10 tornadoes.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Steve Mehling
Six months ago, tragedy struck the small city of Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Since then, residents have been tasked with rebuilding what was lost.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
Dawson Springs Mayor Chris Smiley announced more details Sunday related to how city leaders will spend the money they received from the state for rebuilding following the Dec. 10 storms.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 7:50 PM CDT
|By Jordan Yaney
Friday marked six months since a monster tornado killed 27 people in Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties, injured hundreds of others and swept countless homes off their foundations.
Doppler Radar
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Monica Watkins
In the time since the tornadoes, officials in western Kentucky have been hard at work, orchestrating the clean-up and trying to get things back to normal.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Jordan Yaney and Monica Watkins
In December of 2021, we introduced Marty Gish, the father of twins born three months early. Six months ago, Marty’s mind wasn’t on his home, it was wondering if the twins he’d waited so long to have would survive.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Jamee French and Jessica Costello
Six months after the deadly tornado, one Dawson Springs family is trying to pick up the pieces.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 10:51 PM CDT
|By Brady Williams and 14 News Staff
He presented $1.2 million in SAFE funding for land survey costs.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Bernado Malone
A new art display was unveiled on Friday morning in Madisonville as a form of healing after the Dec. 10 storms in western Kentucky.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:22 AM CDT
|By Brady Williams and Jessica Costello
Beshear says he will mark that anniversary on Friday in Mayfield.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:37 AM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
Members plan to have the memorial in place by the first anniversary of the tornadoes in December.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Robinson Miles
In Dawson Springs, the rotary club recently voted on plans to build a memorial in honor of those lost in the Dec. 10 storms.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 5:39 AM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
Dawson Springs City Council voted the monument will be constructed in the back of City Park.
Updated: May. 15, 2022 at 12:33 AM CDT
|By Jordan Yaney
The Dawson Springs Rotary Club is accepting applications to replace furniture lost in the Dec. 10 tornadoes.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 5:52 AM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced more money is going to help with tornado recovery.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 9:50 AM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
Officials say they want your ideas for building back Dawson Springs.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:09 PM CDT
|By Jill Lyman and Jamee French
Hopkins County is the first county to receive SAFE funds.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 9:17 AM CDT
|By Jamee French and 14 News Staff
Kentucky state officials say they are offering free crisis counseling services for those impacted by the December 10 tornadoes.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 7:06 PM CDT
|By Jamee French
All that’s left of the Hooper family home on Locust Street is debris and a broken foundation after the December 10, 2021 tornadoes left their house in shambles.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Jordan Yaney
First responders in Hopkins Co. are updating their disaster response based on the lessons they learned from the Dec. 10 tornadoes.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2022 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By Lesya Feinstein
What may appear to be a regular backyard shed, has actually become a place of worship for people in Dawson Springs after the deadly December storms.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 2:52 PM CDT
|By 14 News Staff
FEMA Individual Assistance specialists are now staffing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Business Recovery Centers to help survivors recovering from the December tornadoes.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT
|By Jill Lyman
Employees with the Dairy Queen on Industrial Park Road say they’ve gone through a rebuild, and will open back up Tuesday.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2022 at 12:11 AM CDT
|By Brady Williams
The deadline to register for FEMA assistance was Monday, but officials say people can still appeal if they were denied.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 7:13 PM CDT
|By Robinson Miles
Three months after a series of tornadoes hit parts of western Kentucky, the pastor of a Dawson Springs church opened up about how things have changed since the deadly storms.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 5:33 AM CDT
|By Jessica Costello and Lesya Feinstein
It’s been three months since the December 10 tornadoes in western Kentucky.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 7:25 PM CST
|By Robinson Miles
Three months since tornadoes tore through western Kentucky, the people of Bremen are working to bounce back.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 7:08 PM CST
|By Lesya Feinstein
Three months ago, an EF-4 tornado ripped through the Midwest, destroying parts of our western Kentucky counties.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 5:23 AM CST
|By 14 News Staff
It’s been three months since the December 10 tornado outbreak.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 3:29 PM CST
|By 14 News Staff
FEMA has an immediate need to fill temporary positions in Mayfield, Hopkinsville, Frankfort and the surrounding areas to assist with Kentucky’s recovery from the Dec. 10-11 tornadoes.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 2:50 PM CST
|By Robinson Miles
People are hard at work restoring affected areas in western Kentucky, and one boy in Madisonville received a grant to build something special for a town trying to bounce back.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:44 AM CST
|By 14 News Staff
Also, if you get a message from Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, it is not a scam.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Robinson Miles
Less than three months since December’s tornadoes, and Dawson Springs now has a newly rebuilt medical clinic.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 11:19 PM CST
|By Chad Hedrick and Gray News staff
The inmate was one of roughly 100 people inside the candle factory as an EF-4 tornado collapsed the building on top of them.