Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Mary Jo Ann Trude, 85, passed away on Monday, May 21, at her home in Sheldon. Jo Ann is survived by her son, Terry Trude; and her daughters, Brenda Borders, Debra Trude-Suter, Donna Payne and Becky Rider. She was also blessed with grandchildren, Robby Payne, Rendi Cox, Patrick Leavell, Larry Borders Jr., Rachel Doty and Rebecca Border; and great-grandchildren, Kaylee Cox, Alyssa Cox, JayCee Cox, Shari Jo Borders, Jayme Borders and Blair Doty...

“I have always been into art since as far back as I can remember,” Jason Elliott said. “We were pretty poor so I would draw on my clothes.” Elliott, 36, is a nationally known tattoo artist from College Station, Texas. He recently appeared on Paramount Network’s “Ink Master: Return of the Masters” and is a visiting artist at Kilted Raven this week where he spent six hours Tuesday on a skull and clockwork tattoo on Cody Gambel’s left calf...

Area student-athletes were recently honored for their successes on the baseball diamond this season. Vernon County student-athletes selected to the Class 1 District 8 All-District team, were: Sheldon’s Zavery Lamb and Jason Leavell; Northeast Vernon County’s Jackson Coleman and Jaxon Prough; and Bronaugh’s Brad Evans...

Editor’s note: Despite playing on their home turf, Nevada was the visiting team — which was decided by a pre-game coin flip. Four outs stood between the Nevada Tigers and an upset of monumental proportions. It wasn’t meant to be however, as Nevada relinquished their two-run sixth-inning lead en route to a gut-wrenching 6-5, nine inning defeat at the hands of the No. 1 ranked Aurora Houn’ Dawgs in the Missouri Class 4 sectionals Tuesday night at Lyons Stadium...