BEAUREGARD, Ala. – All the people missing since a tornado roared through this rural community three days ago, killing 23 people and smashing dozens of homes, have been accounted for, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said Wednesday. Jones previously had said the number of people unaccounted for was down to a handful, and that he…
‘Everyone here is family’: School mourns three young children killed in Alabama tornadoes
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Third-grade teacher Kristin Cofield pulled out her phone to look over her notes about student Mykala Waldon. But nothing she had written about the vivacious 8-year-old seemed to do her justice. Cofield’s eyes filled with tears before she could even say Mykala’s name. Fellow teacher Dawn Weatherly reached for her hand as…