Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
Olive Hill, Kentucky has a new mayor. City council members voted Kenny Fankell to the position on Tuesday evening.
Danny Sparks resigned as mayor after he was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover officer near a school.
Olive Hill residents said Tuesday, they hope Fankell can do a better job than Sparks. "I hope that he will do us all a lot better job. I mean take care of business. We need the place cleaned up. We need our law enforcement to be here when we need them. I mean, and I hope the mayor will help us do that," said Sharon Binion, an Olive Hill resident.
"The first thing I have to do is meet with my heads of departments. We're getting ready to have new members of council come on the first of the year and we need to sit down and look at our budget, its very tight, just be able to work together." Mayor Fankell stated.
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