Tornado touches down in Doniphan

DONIPHAN — Brad Menke was watching the dime-sized hail fall and a darkening sky from the French doors of his Doniphan home when he heeded the warning from his wife, Demi. She told him to head downstairs. They were only there for a few minutes Tuesday afternoon. When they came back upstairs they saw the…

20 years later, tragedy of North Hall tornado still lingers

Eddie Keith was driving past home after home shredded by the tornado when he noticed two children standing in a field off Mount Vernon Road in North Hall. A few adults were picking up debris some distance behind them. Keith stopped, approached one of the children, a young girl, and asked her, “Where’s your home?”…