EVANSVILLE – Patrick Crull had just moved into his house on N. Tolles Road in December, that he was in the process of buying from his father, and had put about $30,000 in renovations into since last summer.
N. Tolles Road was one the hardest hit neighborhoods during a severe storm that produced an EF-2 tornado in the Evansville area on Thursday night.
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