E.A. Stickle’s barn was one of seven that were completely destroyed by a tornado that swept across the north end of the Pleasant Valley community Aug. 6, 1931. A number of windmills were blown down, and telephone lines, crops, hog houses, chicken houses and stock sheds were destroyed. Laura Martin and Orville Covert were struck by lightning but were not seriously hurt. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Five Years Ago
April 10, 2014
Visit the Easter Bunny, do some spring shopping this Saturday
Phillips County Sheriff Thomas Elliott says he will not confiscate firearms if ordered to under the “red flag” gun bill currently awaiting the signature of Gov. Jared Polis.
The Democrat-controlled General Assembly, in its last two days of March, passed two of the most controversial bills of the 2019 session: the bill changing the state’s oil and gas regulation str
Residents of Holyoke and Paoli can expect to hear the tornado sirens being tested Thursday, April 11. Testing will take place in Holyoke at approximately 10 a.m. and Paoli 10:15 a.m.
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