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TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE ACROSS TROY, VOLUNTEERS SPRING INTO ACTION

Emily Mosier

3 days ago

TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE ACROSS TROY, VOLUNTEERS SPRING INTO ACTION

New Wesley Foundation leadership aims to be inclusive

Emily Mosier

Mar 13

New Wesley Foundation leadership aims to be inclusive

Simon Brown

Mar 13

Potential cult activity looms in Troy

Troy Associate Vice Chancellor voices support for husband Richard Scrushy as he asks Trump for pardon

Emily Mosier

Mar 13

Troy Associate Vice Chancellor voices support for husband Richard Scrushy as he asks Trump for pardon

Thousands march to honor the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Morgan Ealy

Mar 12

Thousands march to honor the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

News

Emily Mosier

3 days ago

TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE ACROSS TROY, VOLUNTEERS SPRING INTO ACTION

FULL PHOTO GALLERY AT BOTTOM OF ARTICLE Troy residents are continuing to clean-up and recover after a tornado caused significant damage...

Emily Mosier

Mar 13

New Wesley Foundation leadership aims to be inclusive

Contributed photos Pictured from left to right: Pastor Brennan Peacock and Pastor Cole Moore. New leadership at Troy University’s Wesley...

Kickball tournament to benefit recovery home

Angel Dover

Mar 13

Kickball tournament to benefit recovery home

Troy University’s School of Social Work and Human Services plans to present a Kickball Tournament on March 29. The kickoff will be at 10...

Sports

Women’s tennis starts Sun Belt Conference action with road matches

Raeden Selee

Mar 13

Women’s tennis starts Sun Belt Conference action with road matches

Trojans pick up win over Southern Miss, fall to rival No. 41 South Alabama The Troy women’s tennis team split their opening road Sun Belt...

Faircloth’s no-hitter punctuates huge week

TJ Dennis

Mar 13

Faircloth’s no-hitter punctuates huge week

Brady Fitch photo Alyssa Faircloth pitches in a game against SEMO. Alyssa Faircloth shined in the circle for the Trojans this past week....

Women’s basketball falls in conference semifinals

Brady Fitch

Mar 13

Women’s basketball falls in conference semifinals

Brady Fitch photo Troy women’s basketball won one and lost one down in Pensacola, Florida, as the No. 3 seed Trojans held the Marshall...

Trojan Living

“Fourth Wing” soars as the first in a series

Elizabeth Odee

Mar 13

“Fourth Wing” soars as the first in a series

If you know anything about anything when it comes to reading, then you have heard of the new adult romantasy book that is sweeping the...

Nathan Braisted

Mar 13

Marvel Rivals is armed and dangerous

Right after we left for Christmas break, one of the biggest games of recent memory hit the market: "Marvel Rivals." After nearly a decade...

Angel Dover

Mar 13

A Reminder to Participate

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is based on director Stephen Chbosky’s book of the same name. It follows a high school freshman named...

Opinion

AnnaBrooke Rainey

Mar 13

Your SUV Just Might Kill Me

I drive a Ford Fusion. It is a sensibly sized car. It can fit four people comfortably and five people not so comfortably. The trunk can...

Kathryn Clark

Mar 13

That’s My Southern Truth

It’s official: I’m a certified cracker I got my ancestry results back recently. It came back as 100% assorted crackers. I’m only...

Matilda Ziegler

Mar 13

Trump's Actions Harm Women

“You will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared,” President Donlad Trump said to American women five days before the presidential...

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Earlier, The Tropolitan shared photos of businesses that had been damaged by a tornado. Here are pictures from a neighborhood near Elm Street, just over 5 minutes from campus.

A resident in this neighborhood told the Tropolitan that they used to tell everyone, “they lived in the woods,” but now, so many trees have fallen, they can no longer make the same statement. Logs and debris have overtaken the streets and at least two residences are heavily damaged.

No fatalities have been reported in Troy.

📸 Emily Mosier

Tornado damage can seen in Troy today. Here are photos of businesses that have been damaged.

Pictures 1-7: The Juicy Crab, Shell, Mikata and Viet’s Pho all had some level of damage. Building and vehicle windows were shattered, and debris wrapped around light poles and hung in the trees.

Pictures 8-11: The Troy Recreational Center, where over 200 people were sheltering last night, had significant roof damage and flooding. No one was injured, but insulation can be seen several yards around the building. When looking through the windows, observers can see that portions of the roof are completely gone.

Pictures 12-17: Additional damage, downed power lines and fallen billboards can be seen as linemen work to repair the damage and restore power to those who lost it.

Photo credits to @emilymosiernews
Photo 10 was taken by @prints_by_kris

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✍️ Emily Mosier
📸 AnnaBrooke Rainey

Our reporters were in Selma, Alabama Sunday to cover the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when civil rights protestors were beaten while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Several Troy University students were there, including @simonbrown.tv_ for @troytvnews, @emilymosiernews and @j4cklayne for @troypublicradio, and Morgan Ealy for @thetropolitan

Pick up a copy of The Tropolitan on Thursday to read about the reenactment, which included thousands of people from across the country.

📸 Morgan Ealy

Troy men’s basketball punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament thanks to a 94-81 victory in the Sun Belt Tournament Championship over Arkansas State.

The Trojans entered the tournament as the three seed, but emerged as champions following wins over Old Dominion, James Madison and finally Arkansas State.

Click the link in our story to read the article by @gavanbaxley

Photos by @flickswithfitch

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Welcome to The Tropolitan

Editor's

Choice

TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE ACROSS TROY, VOLUNTEERS SPRING INTO ACTION

New Wesley Foundation leadership aims to be inclusive

Potential cult activity looms in Troy

Troy Associate Vice Chancellor voices support for husband Richard Scrushy as he asks Trump for pardon

Thousands march to honor the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

News

TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE ACROSS TROY, VOLUNTEERS SPRING INTO ACTION

New Wesley Foundation leadership aims to be inclusive

Kickball tournament to benefit recovery home

Sports

Women’s tennis starts Sun Belt Conference action with road matches

Faircloth’s no-hitter punctuates huge week

Women’s basketball falls in conference semifinals

Trojan Living

“Fourth Wing” soars as the first in a series

Marvel Rivals is armed and dangerous

A Reminder to Participate

Opinion

Your SUV Just Might Kill Me

That’s My Southern Truth

Trump's Actions Harm Women

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