Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Missouri’s 2022 statewide tornado drill will be held today, March 8, at 10 a.m. This is an opportunity for Missourians to practice their sheltering plans and ensure readiness in case of a severe weather emergency while at home, work or school. Each year, the National Weather Service chooses the date of Missouri’s statewide tornado drill. The drill is generally held during the first two weeks of March...

Samuel Horton Fine, age 81, of Merritt Island, Fla., died Feb. 16, 2022, at University Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., due to complications from heart surgery. He was born on Sept. 9, 1940, in Nevada, Mo., to Horton and Lucille Fine. He was survived by his wife, Jo Kidd-Fine; brother, Randy and his wife, Mary Fine; and sister, Karen and her husband, Bob Laflen...

Norma Ileen Dayringer, age 76, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Saturday, March 8, 2022, at Medicalodge, Nevada, Mo., after a long illness. Norma was born Sept. 26, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., to Frank Vincente and Mary Ellen (Little) Nunez. She graduated Nevada High School and worked for 35 years at LaBarge Electronics in Joplin, Mo. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Nevada, Mo., and enjoyed crocheting, reading romance novels, playing bingo, and doing crafts...

William Howard (Odie)Braswell, 93, of Nevada, Mo., passed away at home on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Odie was born in Nevada on Aug. 18, 1928, to Percy William and Erma Fern Braswell. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1946. Following graduation, he joined the U.S. ...