Oakman News

An additional 893 utility workers are en route to Alabama from Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana to help restore power to thousands of customers left in the dark by storms last night and this morning.

Cleon Hatcher of 1413 35th Street, Ensley, in Birmingham, walks in his back yard where part of a big white oak tree fell early this morning on the corner of his house, at rear, a studio building, at left, and a garage and a car.

A summary of action in the Alabama Legislature on Thursday, the eighth meeting day of the regular session: HOUSE= -Passed a bill to appropriate $8 million for building an elementary school in the Walker County ...

School children inspect the broken windows of Oakman Elementary School only hours after it was struck by a tornado on Dec.

A group of students from Walker County travels to Montgomery, Thursday. They plan to tell state lawmakers they need a new school.

Most Oakman Elementary students seemed glad to be back Tuesday morning, after four weeks away.

Family and friends of the Meyers family sorts through what is left of a garage that was tossed into a nearby field across from the church on Highway 411 as tornadoes touched down in Moody and Oakman in ...

Students will return to tornado-damaged Oakman Elementary School Jan 6, some of them to portions of the building not extensively damaged in the storm and others to modular classrooms that will be placed on ...

Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:36 p.m. Almost 3 inches of rain fell in Gadsden Tuesday night and Wednesday morning and more rain is ...

The Meyer family searched for belongings in the rubble of their garage. It was damaged about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday along with Bethel Baptist Church on U.S. 411 near Moody.

It damaged Oakman High School's football field, twisting the metal bleachers to resemble an accordion.

The Meyer family searches this morning for its belongings in the rubble of their garage.

Storm survey teams from the National Weather Service confirmed storm damages in Walker, St.

The National Weather Service says this tornado was both quick and powerful. It damaged the football field at Oakman High School but Oakman Elementary School was hit the hardest.

Published: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. Overnight storms dumped heavy rains on Alabama and caused scattered damage in parts of the state.