An EF-4 tornado hit Cookeville around 2 a.m., catching many off guard and leaving little time for them to seek shelter. The twister first touched down near Baxter and followed U.S. 70 into the city.

President Donald Trump visited Cookeville in 2020 in the aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak.

19 people, including five children, were killed in the overnight tornado. Mike Myers hilariously proves his Canadian credentials in viral video about Trump’s plans to make it the 51st state ...

The two most powerful tornadoes caused impacts from Nashville to Cookeville. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) put together an interactive map of the areas impacted on ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The March 3, 2020 tornado was the worst on record to affect Putnam County. The vicious storm hit in the middle of the night, and some people just didn't have a chance ...

Another, even stronger, EF4 tornado struck Cookeville, 60 miles east of Nashville, causing 19 fatalities. Prior to those tornadoes, it had been seven years since as many people were killed by one ...

Nocturnal tornadoes killed 24 people in Tennessee on March 3 of 2020. That includes an EF4 twister near Cookeville, Tennessee, which caused 19 of those deaths. On Dec. 10, 2021, a tornado that ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Mayor Randy Porter has unveiled Putnam County’s new Memorial Park, honoring the 19 people killed by the March 3, 2020 tornado. The park was unveiled five years after a ...

The two strongest and most damaging tornadoes were an EF-3 that tracked ... severe damage in central Putnam County between Baxter and Cookeville. Krissy Hurley, the National Weather Service ...

The TSSAA girls basketball state championships have arrived. Teams will be crowned in Class 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A on Saturday.