Stories from Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Sunday night’s home-opener will go down in Nevada Griffons lore. Trailing 17-10 through five innings of play, the Griffons flipped the script on the defending MINK League champion St. Joseph Mustangs, rallying for an epic 18-17, 10-inning victory. After having dropped their first two contests of the season on Friday and Saturday in St. Joseph, the Griffons (1-2) made their home-debut Sunday evening at Lyons Stadium, narrowly avoiding the series sweep in front of a record 500-plus fans...

Betty Irene Holder Stanley, of Stockton, died peacefully on June 2, her 91st birthday. She was born in Caplinger Mills, Mo., on June 2, 1927, to Lionel James and Inez Holder. She was the oldest of seven children. On May 5, 1945, she was united in marriage to Francis Stanley who preceded her in death in 1984. To this union, six children were born. In addition to raising six children, Irene worked at the Nevada State Hospital for 25 years from which she retired in 1989...