April 17 is deadline to file 2017 tax returns
The nation’s tax season began Jan. 29, and the Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers claiming certain tax credits that refunds won’t be available before late February.
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Julie Kotch, at left, celebrates with Sherman Kage as Regent Park and Carriage House wins the Race to Broadway game Saturday evening. It’s the second straight year they took the top spot at the Legacy Event challenge. — Johnson Publications
Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation board member Julianne Kramer, at left, presents the LED surgical light that is being auctioned off by Lloyd Michael, in back. The winning bidder donated the equipment back to the hospital to be used by the MMH surgery department. — Johnson Publications
Broadway event tops $100,000
A red carpet ushered 270 guests into Holyoke’s Phillips County Event Center, with sights of the New York skyline and the sounds of Broadway musicals filling the air.
Thom Elliott, pictured at left, and William "J.R." Myers have both filed as Republican candidates for Phillips County Sheriff.
2018 elections approach
The Nov. 6 general election is still months away, but already Phillips County is bustling with preparations.