Derek Operle
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A tornado leveled the town of Mayfield, Ky., and killed dozens of people one year ago. Since then, residents have banded together to recover and are working to make this holiday season brighter.
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Black communities in Kentucky and Tennessee have celebrated the eighth of August for more than 150 years. It's a day for barbecue, loved ones and marking freedom from slavery.
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A litter of endangered red wolves was recently born in captivity. There are about 250 red wolves in the U.S. and these four were an unexpected surprise because the male was thought too old to breed.
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In Paducah, Ky., AQS QuiltWeek is back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of people are flocking there and couldn't be happier to celebrate this often overlooked artform.
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A Navy sailor who died in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was identified last year using DNA from relatives and has now been buried with full military honors in a family plot in western Kentucky.
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The ferocity of Friday night's deadly tornadoes in western Kentucky is evident to anyone who sees the aftermath. The National Weather Service is trying to determine just how strong they were.
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Scott Simon talks with WKMS reporter Derek Operle about damage and casualties from last night's severe storms, which tore through the South and Midwest.