Editor’s note: The following was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the six-month anniversary of the devastating tornadoes that tore across nine states, including Kentucky, with a focus on Mayfield.

Following the tragic passing of Calloway County Sheriff’s Deputy Jody Cash in the line of duty, Congressman James Comer honored the late law enforcement officer in a recent speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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OWENSBORO — A judge has ruled the Confederate monument on the courthouse lawn belongs to the Daviess County government, not to the Confederate organization that claimed ownership of the statue last year.

The contractor working for the City of Paducah, Wilkins Construction Company, has resumed work on the Riverfront Park Land Mass Project. This project involves repairing and mitigating flood damage to the riverfront park located adjacent to the boat dock.

Mary Hammond, executive director of the Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Travel Association’s board of directors.

OWENSBORO — Stores nationwide have experienced shortages of baby formula in recent months, with many initiating a limit on how many formula packages can be purchased at one time.

Dresden, Tennessee, lies just a little more than 30 miles south of Mayfield. The town of less than 3,000 people was hit by the same highly destructive and deadly storm system that devastated the Graves County community in December.

Gov. Andy Beshear presented the keys to three travel trailers to families in Pennyrile Forest State Park on Friday morning as the first part of getting 200 trailers to families displaced by the December tornadoes.

The Small Business Administration has given out nearly $26.5 million in disaster loans in the weeks following the deadly tornado outbreak that ravaged western and central Kentucky and the agency is continuing to encourage people to apply.

Despite the unpredictability of the coronavirus pandemic last year, a silver lining was how Kentucky’s election officials handled both primary and general elections. From that success, the state is moving forward with a revamped election law and plans that incorporate lessons learned from 2020.

PRINCETON — CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of West Kentucky board members unanimously approved a motion Tuesday to expand programming into Caldwell and Trigg counties. Kentucky CASA Network Inc. (KCN) requested the expansion.

Twenty-one years into the 21st century, humanity endures a global pandemic for the second consecutive year.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.

CALVERT CITY — If you’re planning the biggest celebration your city has ever seen, you start early.

Forecasters from the National Weather Service in Paducah on Wednesday said to expect an extended period of icing.

While thousands of people in western Kentucky are unable to secure COVID-19 vaccine appointments, local leaders are receiving multiple calls to get in line.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday blasted the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theater” by Democrats, whom they accused of exploiting for their own party’s gain the chaos and trauma of last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A Wisconsin teen has been arrested in connection with the fake shots fired and bomb threat calls this week at Murray High School.

Feeding Kentucky, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality, variety and nutritional value of food available to feed hungry people in Kentucky, hosted a virtual rally Thursday marking Hunger Free Kentucky Day.

MURRAY -- It was a call about gunshots on Monday.

A bill meant to preserve the lives of newborns, including any infant born after a failed abortion, cleared a final hurdle when Kentucky's governor allowed it to become law without his signature.

ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.

Gov. Andy Beshear has been chosen to help lead a national task force that will offer guidance to states on economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.