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Several tornadoes, large hail region wide; one dead in Poplar Bluff
A a powerful and massive front from Iowa to Texas marched across the Mississippi River Friday night and early Saturday morning, spawning several tornadoes, one deadly in southeast Missouri. Strong thunderstorms boiled up Friday night resulted in 19 twisters across Missouri. Later that front moved into Illinois and Kentucky around...
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Clean Up Begins After Damaging Winds, Large Hail and Extremely Destructive Tornadoes Hit Region
In one of the hardest hit counties in Missouri—Butler County, emergency shelter is being set up at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff for those who need housing after the storm. Initial reports from The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency indicate up to 19 tornadoes of varying strengths...
Atlanta Black Star
‘Would Unduly Depreciate the Seriousness’: Judge Slams Former Kentucky Student Who Spewed N-Word 200 Times at Black Dorm Worker, Denies Early Release Request
A judge has denied a request for early release from a former college student who was convicted of a racist attack on a young Black […] ‘Would Unduly Depreciate the Seriousness’: Judge Slams Former Kentucky Student Who Spewed N-Word 200 Times at Black Dorm Worker, Denies Early Release Request
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University of Kentucky among schools under civil rights investigation by Trump administration
FRANKFORT — The University of Kentucky is one of 45 higher education institutions under federal investigation for “allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs,” the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Friday. The office announced investigations of seven other schools for “alleged impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation.” President Donald […]
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Severe weather could impact region late Friday, into Saturday
Severe weather is expected to impact parts of western Kentucky and Tennessee – as well as southern Illinois – beginning Friday evening and into Saturday. All of southern Illinois and far western Kentucky – past Hopkinsville – is expected to be at a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms late Friday evening. Tennessee communities from Waverly and westward will be at risk for severe weather as well.