The December 2012 tornado outbreak killed 14 people in the Hopkins County town and destroyed or seriously damaged north of 70% of its residences, decimating its tax base.
The risk is high beginning Wednesday afternoon for tornadoes, hail, damaging wind gusts and heavy rain, the Christian County Emergency Management warned.
Most bills the Kentucky General passed into law this year will go into effect 90 days after the end of the session, but 27 of them have “emergency clauses” attached.
The Kentucky General Assembly's Republican supermajority sped more than 100 bills to passage ahead of the governor’s veto period. Some of the most contentious measures were heavily amended before the public could give their input, or even read them.
