Mayfield candle factory in Hickory, Ky.
Pictured: workers at Mayfield Consumer Products, a candle factory that moved its operations 10 miles north from Mayfield to Hickory, Ky., after its plant was destroyed by a tornado that tore through town in the overnight hours of Dec. 10, 2021. The factory employed about 500 people at the time, but only about half that number are at the new plant.
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Mayfield Consumer Products was torn apart by an EF-4 tornado.
A year after dozens of people were killed by tornadoes that tore through Kentucky, the small town of Mayfield continues on its path to recovery.
