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Severe weather strikes Murray

Dionte Berry Features Editor dberry11@murraystate.edu Heavy rains this morning forced some Murray residents out of their homes and caused power and phone outages along with flash flooding. “Overnight we had a lot of heavy rainfall and we started receiving reports of high water, so agencies such as the local highway department and the Calloway County Read More

Tornadoes impact Murray State community

Gage Johnson Editor-in-Chief gjohnson17@murraystate.edu All eyes have been on central Tennessee this week after multiple tornadoes including an EF3 tore through the Music City, and that includes many from Murray State. At approximately 1 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, a tornado touched down north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, and continued east, taking the lives of Read More

How to stay safe in severe weather

Story by Destinee Marking, Staff writer Recent weather conditions have demonstrated the importance of knowing proper procedures for staying safe during  severe weather. Calloway County has fallen under multiple severe weather watches and warnings this semester. The National Weather Service provides the following guidelines for staying safe in times of severe weather. Tornadoes The safest Read More

Community, University battle late-night severe storms

Olivia Medovich Staff writer   As high winds, quarter-sized hail and two tornadoes swept through Calloway County late Sunday night, students crowded together in their powerless residential colleges and took cover. Local TV and radio stations had predicted severe storms in the community for most of the day. Although isolated tornadoes were possible, the National Read More

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