Stories from Monday, May 20, 2013

A severe storm moving through the Nevada area early Monday morning left quite a bit of damage in the form of downed trees and limbs, power and cable outages and some plugged storm drains in its wake. Beginning just after midnight, the storm packed some high winds and dumped about an inch and a half of rain across much of the county, according to a Springfield National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kardell. ...

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Southeast Vernon County, particularly the town of Sheldon, until 7 p.m. Radar indicated heavy rotation near Sheldon.

OZARK -- Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes won two championships Saturday in the Class 3, Sectional 3 meet at Ozark High School. Senior Morgan Hold won the pole vault with a new school record of 15 feet, 6 inches, shattering the mark he tied just three weeks ago. at Girard, Kan. Hold's previous mark of 14-3 matched the record held by Tyler Werner and Hold's pole vaulting coach, Eric Fast...