07/05/11 The United Way Volunteer Center's to-do board fills faster than power to act.
07/03/11 The United Way is looking for volunteers to help with disaster efforts in the Apison area.
06/15/11 Metro Ministries has helped hundreds of families start the process of getting back on their feet. These tornados didn't just damage materialistic things, they took lives, business', and jobs. Bills have starting piling up, and Metro Ministries is doing all they can and then some to help out.
06/08/11 With extensive coverage of Apison, Tennessee and Ringgold, Georgia, the stories of some communities haven't been fully told. Bledsoe County is one of those. Some homeowners have made notable progress while others face much steeper climbs to rebuild their lives.
06/08/11 A Chattanooga businessman has arranged a weekend fundraiser for Andrew Ellis, the rising third-grader who survived the wrath of a 190-mph tornado.
06/07/11 Congratulations to NewsChannel 9's Facebook Friend of the Day. This Tuesday we recognize Joe Partin of Apison,Tennessee. Joe has worked for McKee Foods and is a 1973 graduate of Kirkman Technical High School.
06/02/11 The Chain Gang is back. A group of Bradley County volunteers took their chainsaws to Joplin, Missouri to help with tornado relief. They returned to the Tennessee Valley Tuesday, and now they're sharing their story.
05/30/11 The Tennessee Valley is still cleaning up and rebuilding from the tornados last month. Many people spent their holiday weekend helping out. WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom checked in with one of those homeowners in continuing coverage. Volunteer Allison Deckman says, "Its our own extreme makeover!" Dwayne Dickerson's house used to look like this after the tornado in Apison, but now with the help of a ...
05/26/11 For Willie and Marvin Quinn, time seemed to freeze one month ago today when a tornado brought their Apison home down around them as they huddled in a bathroom and prayed just to live.
05/22/11 David Stocks, Doug Smith and Todd Rhodes have each spent about 20 years working on municipal utility crews and have had to restore power after a number of natural disasters, but they have never had to deal with anything as bad as what they saw after...
05/17/11 In Chattanooga, the city is almost begging people to take recycled leaf and wood debris off their hands. Electric Power Board crews continue a massive clean up effort.
05/16/11 Tornado relief efforts by the Salvation Army continue in areas hard-hit on April 27 th .
05/12/11 *The Red Cross still is seeking donations to support disaster relief. Donate by visiting www.redcross.org, or by mailing a check to: 801 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
05/11/11 Bledsoe FEMA Center Opens We told you how tornado victims in Bledsoe county felt left out in the recovery. Today FEMA opened a disaster recovery center in the county. It's located at the Brayton Baptist Church on South Hendon Street. It opened today at noon. United Way Disaster Services Update All new updates on the disaster services pages. Our telephone bank is calling on a daily basis to ...
05/10/11 Apison Baptist Church has acted as a disaster relief center since the tornado struck on April 27th.
05/09/11 The Apison Tornado Recovery Ride will be on May 22, starting at Westview Elementary School. The ride is an effort to raise funds for those affected by the tornadoes in Apison. The cost of the ride is $25/rider.
05/08/11 APISON, Tenn. -- The crooks walked up to Kenneth Carter's tornado-damaged property with the purposeful air of relief workers in need of an all-terrain vehicle like the one he had parked out back. "They said, 'Excuse us, we've got to get this four-wheeler out of here,' " said the 74-year-old Apison resident. "I said, 'I don't think so -- that four-wheeler belongs to me!' " Mr.
05/06/11 Donna Street had no power and a tree on her house to boot, but she said she much preferred to be in the thick of disaster-relief coordination at Trenton United Methodist Church in Trenton, Ga.
05/06/11 An Apison family captures video of the EF-4 tornado responsible for the destruction in their community.
05/06/11 East Tennesseans have a number of options in the coming days to help out victims of last month's tornadoes and storms. |