The newspaper’s coverage of the 50th anniversary of this event includes:
- A recollection of the events of that fateful day from people who lived through it: Survivors of horrific 1974 Xenia tornado recall twister’s deadly impact as anniversary nears.
- Voices from the past from the newspaper’s coverage of the storm’s aftermath: ‘Where is mom?’: What 20 people told reporters in the moments after the 1974 Xenia tornado.
- Photos: Powerful images from the 1974 Xenia tornado
- A look at how the storm impacted the development of Xenia today: ‘The human spirit:’ Reconstruction after the 1974 tornado shapes progress today
- The tornado’s impact on Central State University and Wilberforce University: 1974 tornado ‘devastated’ Central State; warning call saved lives at Wilberforce
- Home video from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine who worked in Xenia as a Greene County assistant prosecutor at the time.
- DeWine’s memories from that day: ‘I lived through that’: Gov. DeWine shares memories, own video of 1974 Xenia tornado
- A look at how meteorologists say Ohio is becoming more tornado prone, but thankfully technology is evolving to save lives.
- How local archivists are preserving artifacts and oral histories of the event, and where you can see them.
- A Xenia tornado timeline: How the deadly 1974 twister tore through the city
- Events this year: Coverage of an event in Xenia on the anniversary of the storm.
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