By STEVE PATTERSON The dark water of the St. Johns River turned a creamy coffee color Thursday afternoon as rainstorms poured thick sediment into the waterway in downtown Jacksonville.

Rancher Energy Corp. (OTCBB: RNCH) ("Rancher Energy" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the acquisition of the Big Muddy oil field in Wyoming's hydrocarbon-rich Powder River Basin.