Stories from Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tigers gain valuable experience at state track meet

"Call it a flash drought," said Pat Guinan, University of Missouri climatologist. As of Friday, no rain and high temperatures covered most of Missouri and nearby regions. Abnormally dry weather covered much of the mid-western Corn Belt. Soil moisture reserves are drawn down by high evapotranspiration rates. That's a combination of solar radiation, temperatures, relative humidity and wind to evaporate water from soil and plants...

Missouri State Senate candidate Ed Emery of Lamar said Tuesday that he has more grassroots support than his top rival in the Aug. 7 Republican primary, Clinton State Rep. Scott Largent, who Emery said "definitely has the establishment behind him." "I think Scott doesn't have much to base his confidence on," said Emery, a former four-term 126th House District representative. "We have the momentum going with the grassroots and support of the right groups...

Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances of the 21st Annual Vernon County Youth Fair Board Rodeo will be highlighted by Saturday night introductions of four queen candidates and six for princess and crownings of the winners in Centennial Park Fairgrounds Arena...

Vandalism was reported at Spring Street Park, Nevada, as well as other areas of the city, over the weekend. The first of the incidents was reported on Sunday, when a portable toilet was knocked over at Radio Springs Park, and a nozzle on the water fountain was missing...

Edward T. Stonebraker, of El Dorado Springs, passed away on May 26, 2012, at the age of 89. Ed was born on Feb. 13, 1923, to Morris E. and Mame Robbins Stonebraker in Overland, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. He was the youngest of nine children, and the only one born outside of St. Charles...

John Darwin Knuteson, 88, of Nevada, died May 24, 2012, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. John was born in 1924 to Olaf H. and Jennie (Thompson) Knuteson in Bismarck, N.D. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in Fargo, N.D., and attended one quarter at North Dakota State University (formerly known as the North Dakota Agricultural School) before being inducted into the U.S. Army...

Cathy Lynn Davis, 54, Nevada, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 26, 1958, in Portland, Ore., to Elmer Leroy Morris and Peggy Carl Morris. She was married March 17, 1981, in Quincy, Mo., to James A. Davis and he survives of the home...

Ruth Ragan, 87, of Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Moore Few Care Center in Nevada. Ruth is survived by two nephews, Jo McIntire and wife, Janet, of Nevada, and Jerry McIntire and wife, Debbie, of Rich Hill, Mo.; three nieces, Janie Morrow and husband, Lonnie, of Butler, Mo., Terry McIntire of Belton, Mo., and Kay Collier and husband, Steven, of Foster, Mo...

Ruby Waunita Healthman, 50, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born Sept. 21, 1961, in Nevada, to Bert Allen Heathman and Ida Pauline Hogan Heathman. Ruby was a graduate of Fort Scott, Kan., High School in 1979. ...

William Louis Smith, 56, of Montreal, Mo., formerly of Schell City, Mo., died on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at his home. Memorial services are scheduled for 3 p.m., today, May 30, at the Linn Creek Baptist Church in Linn Creek, Mo. Interment will be at a later date in the Green Lawn Cemetery in Schell City, Mo...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA--There's no better way to put it -- the Windsor Titans were simply no match for the Nevada Red Sox on Tuesday night. The AAA Red Sox were dominant in all facets of the game in a 13-1 run-rule victory over the Titans in the American Legion season-opener at Nevada's Champion Diamonds Sports Complex...

Wilson comes up big for Griffons