Ron Littlefield

Sims is an agent at Western Kentucky Insurance, and he’s been busy handling claims in his hometown of Mayfield. On Dec. 10, a deadly tornado wiped out most of the downtown and hundreds of homes. Almost half of the town’s 4,000 buildings suffered some sort of damage, with 257 totally destroyed and 378 enduring major destruction. The Victorian-era Graves County Courthouse at the center of town lost its clock tower and most of its roof. In Graves County, a total of 24 people lost their lives.

Bad weather — and extremely cold weather in particular — always results in a discussion of our serious lack of emergency shelter facilities for our city's homeless.

Bad weather — and extremely cold weather in particular — always results in a discussion of our serious lack of emergency shelter facilities for our city's homeless.