Rebuilding Matador after tornado tops 2023 local stories

In the early evening of June 21 a powerful EF-3 tornado struck the west side of Matador, seat of Motley County, that eventually carved a path of destruction southward as far as Girard, Jayton and Rotan. Matador reported four deaths and ten injuries to persons; there were also numerous livestock casualties. Later that night Texas DPS said that the reported property damage included 29 stru...