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Business Services / Construction

Roller-Chenal’s Miracle, and Building Back After the Storm

When the March 31 tornado ripped through the Roller-Chenal Funeral Home in Little Rock and the company’s office building, President Bill Booker “didn’t have time to get scared.” read more >
Workers remove pieces of the tornado-ravaged roof at Pavilion in the Park.
Construction / Restaurants & Food / Small Business

Trio’s Restaurant to Reopen Monday After Tornado Repairs

Customers purchased thousand of dollars worth of gift certificates in the weeks the restaurant was closed. read more >
Banking & Finance / Construction / Public Companies

3 Tornado-Hit Bank Branches Remain Closed

West Little Rock branches operated by Pine Bluff’s Simmons Bank and Batesville’s Citizens Bank were put out of action by a March 31 twister, along with an Eagle Bank & Trust office at 2310 E. Kiehl Ave. in Sherwood. read more >
Tornado damage in the area of Breckenridge Drive and North Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock on March 31, 2023
Construction / Insurance / Real Estate

NSSA’s Jim Bell Discusses the Debate Over Tornado Shelters

The National Storm Shelter Association's operations director says there are creative solutions for more storm shelters but cutting corners is not an option. read more >
Landers Auto Group presents a check for $50,000 to Arkansas Food Bank
Nonprofits / Restaurants & Food / Retail

Landers Auto Group Makes $50K Food Bank Donation

The company, moved by the devastating storms and tornadoes that struck Arkansas March 31, presented the $50,000 check in an event at Landers Toyota on Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock, with executives from all three area Landers dealerships present. read more >
Tornado damage at the Breckenridge Village shopping center in Little Rock on March 31, 2023
Construction / Insurance / Real Estate

After Tornado, Builders Rethink Rules for Shelters

As Little Rock recovers from the tornado that destroyed at least 2,000 structures, builders and engineers are reviving a long discussion about whether there should be regulations requiring safe rooms or shelters in residential and commercial properties. read more >
Windows are boarded up at the offices of Pulaski County Title Co. of Little Rock, which suffered damage in the March 31 tornado.
Business Services / Construction / Legal

Planning for Disaster Helps Pulaski County Title Get Going After Tornado

Within about 72 hours of its offices taking a direct hit from Friday’s tornado, the company was back in business. read more >
Jake Keet examines tornado damage at the Breckenridge Village shopping center in Little Rock on March 31, 2023
Construction / Restaurants & Food / Retail

Jake Keet Surveys Tornado Damage to Breckenridge Village

The storm is a devastating setback for the Keet family's plan to redevelop the shopping center. But they plan to push forward. read more >
An illustration of Camfil Air Pollution Control's new manufacturing facility in Jonesboro. 
Construction / Energy / Manufacturing

Camfil Air Pollution Control Breaks Ground on New $37M Facility

The company is another step closer to replacing a building that was destroyed by a tornado in early 2020. read more >
A Cessna Caravan aircraft operated by Air Choice One of St. Louis.
Government & Politics / Transportation

Jonesboro Airport Commission Votes to Renew Service Contract With Air Choice One

The panel also expressed support for new flights to Nashville, Tennessee. read more >

Arkansas Tornado Was EF4, Matches 2008 Storm Rating

National Weather Service officials said Wednesday that a weekend tornado that killed 15 people as it ripped through Little Rock's suburbs was just shy of being rated Arkansas' first top-of-the-scale storm in 85 years. read more >
An aerial view of tornado damage in Mayflower, by THV 11 News photographer Kenny Allison. The National Weather Service estimates that the tornado that hit Vilonia and Mayflower was probably at least an EF3 on the 0-to-5 EF scale, which means winds greater than 136 mph.

Tornado Hits 1 Arkansas Street Particularly Hard

Mark Wade and his family heard the dire warnings on TV and the tornado sirens, and were prepared to ride out the storm in their closet when a neighbor across the street on Vilonia's Aspen Creek Drive yelled out: "Come over! We're going in the storm cellar!" read more >
Aerial footage of Mayflower tornado damage by photographer Brian Emfinger, posted to YouTube.

Update: Arkansans Rush for Cover Against Twister; 15 Die

The half-mile-wide tornado carved an 80-mile path of destruction through the Little Rock suburbs Sunday evening, killing at least 15 people, flattening rows of homes, shredding cars along a highway and demolishing a brand-new school before it even had a chance to open. read more >

Video, Photos Of Tornado Aftermath in Mayflower and Vilonia, Arkansas

Photos, videos and more coverage from news organizations and others of the April 27 storms that ripped through Arkansas. read more >