Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Nevada City Council will consider the final readings of two agreements during tonight's council meeting to bring a USA Cycling Criterium Race to Nevada on July 13 and 14. Also on the agenda are the second readings of a ordinance to approve a contract with APAC Missouri Inc. ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- To honor and recognize the efforts of Rep. Randy Pike, R-126th district, for his work this year on Veterans, Rep. Tim Jones, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, awarded him the Freshman Legislator of the Year Award for Veterans' Issues...

Severe storms moving through Vernon County Monday caused a school function to be cut short and 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. The last storm, which hit around 6:15 p.m. ...

A former Nevada resident made it through a monstrous tornado that destroyed much of Moore, Okla., relatively unscathed, but many of his friends, neighbors and acquaintances were not as lucky. As night approached, rescue workers were still trying to locate survivors in the rubble of the Oklahoma City suburb. ...

The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will bring more than 2,500 athletes and coaches from across the state to Columbia. This state-level event takes place May 30-June 2, on the campuses of two colleges, as well as at a local high school and a Columbia bowling alley...

Missouri Class 1, District 7 baseball tournament chairman and Sheldon High School principal Jason Irwin has announced the 2013 All-District team. This year's team includes two representatives from Hume, Sheldon and Northeast Vernon County high schools. Sheldon juniors Reed Worsley and Zach Enochs joined Bronaugh senior Josh Willis and junior Chance Wait, Northeast Vernon County sophomores Mitchell Longstreth and Taylor Highfill and Hume senior Zack Smith to make up the majority of the squad...

The Nevada Tigers football camps are June 24-27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and July 22-25, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. A youth camp for players entering grades 3-8 is July 29-31, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. All activities are at Logan Field. High school camp cost is $60. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and game socks...