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The Griffons pulled off the upset victory in Chillicothe Monday night as they bested the No. 3 seed Mudcats to advance in the MINK League playoffs. The Griffons entered the playoffs as the No. 6, lowest seed, and traveled to Chillicothe to face the Mudcats Monday night in the first round of the MINK League playoffs...

Yes, that is, in fact, four zeros after the first number on the check from a grant initiated by 3M for the Nevada Middle School. “This is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate what our industry partners within the community are willing to do to help our students and our teachers be successful,” NRTC Director Eric Schneider said...

You can always tell the new school year is upon us when the stores are decked out with colorful notebooks, reams of paper, and end caps of pencils, safety scissors, erasers, and all the things on the teachers’ back-to-school lists. And for the last several years, another sign of the times is the growing mountain of backpacks and supplies on the square among the queues of shiny vintage trucks and autos...

The beating of drums and blowing of horns has been used to signal military operations for many decades, if not centuries. Now it has been honed to a toe-tapping type of entertainment, carving out a popular musical niche all its own. Anyone who has enjoyed the Nevada High School Marching Crimson Sound knows the cadences and rhythms of the bass, quads and cymbals. ...

The Elks Lodge #564 has started a program to help kids who have to leave their homes and go into foster care. Packing Up Hope is a program to provide backpacks filled with essential items for those kids. The idea for the program came about when Elks Lodge #564 members Steve Brooks, administrative assistant to Missouri Elks Association State President Dr. Jason Meisenheimer, and Sherrill Brooks, administrative assistant’s spouse, recently attended the Elks Convention...

The Griffons scored eight runs, but it’s not enough to close the regular season with a win in Sunday night’s season finale against the Chillicothe Mudcats at Lyons Stadium. The Griffons jumped out to an early lead in the first inning as they plated five runs to the Mudcats’ two runs from the top of the inning. The Griffons’ runs came from an RBI double by Bradley Hanlon, a two-RBI single by Trenton Creek, and a couple of wild pitches...

Work continues on reopening the Moore-Few Care Center kitchen. A report on the kitchen was given during the Wednesday, July 23, Long Term Care Board of Directors of the City Convalescent Home (Moore-Few Care Center). For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

School’s out, the weather is warming up, and the fragrance of popcorn and hotdogs can only mean one thing: baseball season has arrived. Another sure sign that baseball season is about to begin is the annual Nevada Griffons' meet and greet dinner with host families, which was held Wednesday, May 28...