Oak Grove News

A Jefferson County judge today found that more than 300 electronic bingo devices confiscated during raids last year are illegal gambling machines and should be turned over to the state.

After a tornado damaged several residential areas in the City of Clay last week, officials with the city sent out a formal request to cities and counties across Alabama for help with recovery efforts.

After a tornado damaged several residential areas in the City of Clay last week, officials with the city sent out a formal request to cities and counties across Alabama for help with recovery efforts.

A man takes rest on a downed tree at his sisters house on Pine road off of Old Springville road after a Tornado touched down in Jefferson County Monday January 23, 2012 in Clay, Ala.

Severe storms and possible tornadoes pounded the South on Monday, injuring more than 100 people and killing at least two in Alabama, including a man who lived in an area devastated by a deadly twister outbreak in the spring.

Family and friends rallied around Karen and Larry Hurd of Center Point on Tuesday, filling boxes with their possessions and packing them in a U-Haul truck.

'She looked like she was sleeping': Family tell of heartache after 16-year-old tornado victim was found dead on her mattress 40 feet from home The 16-year-old girl killed by the deadly tornado that swept through Alabama was found 40 feet from her home, still lying on her mattress, it has emerged.

Ross Butler's motorcycle was among the damage from the tornado in Oak Grove, Ala., Monday, Jan.

Roy Orr just barely heard the warning sirens above the howling winds before a tornado struck his house Monday morning in Clay.

Rescue crews are out in the different communities now. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reports two people died in the storms.

One of the hardest hit areas was Adger, in west Jefferson County just outside Bessemer.

Chainsaws hummed along Toadvine Road in Oak Grove Monday morning, as crews of volunteers helped clear trees left from an apparent overnight tornado.

' Knowing this community's history of tornadoes, Jhan Powers gets nervous anytime violent weather rolls in.

Two people have been confirmed killed after overnight storms including at least 22 reported tornadoes caused severe damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Two people have died in the Birmingham, Ala., area as storms pounded the South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday.

Severe weather tore across the Southeast early Monday, spreading damage through at least two states and killing at least two people, emergency officials said.

Tornado warnings were issued in parts of central and northern Alabama during the pre-dawn hours Monday as powerful storms rolled across the state.