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By M. Spencer Green/The Associated Press  ¦   A pedestrian races to avoid an unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds that have been forecast for evening rush hour Wednesday in Chicago.

By Scott Eisen/The Associated Press  ¦   Lighting flashes over the Chicago skyline Wednesday evening. An unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds was rolling through the Midwest on Wednesday and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Jun Jung, 11, front, Lincoln Wasden, 13, Chandler Gibbens, 12, Kavin Anand, 11, and Veronica Fritz, 13, look up to see a classmate's rocket fly through the air Wednesday outside the Columbia Area Career Center.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Weston Schlemeyer, 11, holds his rocket, Airborne Assassin, while watching his classmates' water rockets being launched through a welder's mask Wednesday outside the Columbia Area Career Center. Schlemeyer is attending welding camp during the morning session and rocket camp during the afternoons at the center.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Justin Douty, 10, jumps to help pump air into his water rocket before launch while instructor Ibrahim Khaleel and his daughter Mabinah Khaleel, 17, supervise Wednesday outside the Columbia Area Career Center. Ibrahim Khaleel teaches students about industrial technology and engineering during the school year at Oakland Junior High School.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Byron Toalson, 10, fills his water rocket in preparation to launch during rocket camp Wednesday outside the Columbia Area Career Center.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Kavin Anand, 11, fires off his water rocket, USS Thunderbolt, as instructor Ibrahim Khaleel and his daughter, Mabinah Khaleel, 17, supervise Wednesday outside the Columbia Area Career Center. Khaleel taught his students how to make water rockets during the first part of the week to prepare to fire solid fuel rockets Friday.

By Valerie Mosley/The Associated Press  ¦   Kendra Halcomb, former Hammons employee, signs an oversized card Tuesday with her daughter Kaiya Halcomb, 10 month old, at a Celebration of Life service for John Q. Hammons in Springfield. More than 450 people attended the memorial service for the Springfield philanthropist who built more than 200 hotels in 40 states and reshaped his hometown.

By Jennah Sontag  ¦   Eliot Battle sits for a portrait with family members during the dedication ceremony for Battle High School on June 2.

By Jennah Sontag  ¦   Daughters Donna Battle Pierce and Muriel Jean Battle Browder sit in the front row with their father, Eliot Battle during the Battle High School dedication ceremony June 2.

By Courtesy of Columbia Public Schools  ¦   Eliot Battle receives a standing ovation after speaking at the dedication of Battle High School.

By Katherine Jones/Missourian file photo  ¦   Eliot Battle was the director of guidance at Hickman High School in May 1986.

By Manuel Balce Ceneta/The Associated Press  ¦   Russ Martin of American Automobile Association is seen on a monitor in a research vehicle skull cap connected to the research vehicle during a demonstrations in support of their new study on distracted driving in Landover, Md.

By Shared by Janese Silvey/Missourian Reader  ¦   Students in the Summer Theatre Institute at Stephens College show off the skills they've learned.

By Orlin Wagner/The Associated Press  ¦   Detroit starting pitcher Max Scherzer, a former Missouri standout, throws against Kansas City on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

By Unho Yi  ¦   Utah Jazz forward DeMarre Carroll coaches participants of the Demarre Carroll Next Level Basketball Camp on Tuesday at Father Tolton Catholic High School. Carroll created the basketball camp two years ago to benefit children in Columbia.

By Unho Yi  ¦   Utah Jazz forward DeMarre Carroll practices free throws during the DeMarre Carroll Next Level Basketball Camp on Tuesday at Father Tolton Catholic High School.

By Unho Yi  ¦   Utah Jazz forward and MU alumnus DeMarre Carroll smiles at children playing basketball at the DeMarre Carroll Next Level Basketball Camp on Tuesday at Father Tolton Catholic High School.

By Unho Yi  ¦   Utah Jazz forward DeMarre Carroll lines up to practice free throws Tuesday at Father Tolton Catholic High School. Carroll said he was inspired to hold a basketball camp for children by former NBA player, Corliss Williamson, who held a basketball camp in Arkansas that Carroll attended as a child.

By Courtesy of the UM System  ¦   University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe named Henry Foley executive vice president of academic affairs. Foley joins the system from Pennsylvania State University.