The Rev. Tommy L. Lewis, who has been pastor of the 2,000-member Bethel Baptist Church of Pratt City since 1982 and oversaw rebuilding after its campus was leveled in a 2011 tornado, has retired.

The former G.W. Scott School, which was used as a tornado relief distribution center in Pratt City for nearly a year after the tornadoes of April 27, 2011, has been sold to a church to convert into a ...

Tornadoes might not come to mind when you think of the United Kingdom, but they are a fairly common occurrence and one 20 years ago became the nation's costliest on record. The tornado struck the ...