Stories from Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Versa Agee, 73, of rural Nevada, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, after a lengthy illness at home. Versa was born on Aug. 31, 1942, to Ted and Alice (McBeth) Olson, in Denver, Colo. She was married to Dan Agee on June 5, 1965, in Aurora, Colo., and he survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail During the Hume school board's regular meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to hire three new teachers: Heather Rogers, Carlee Campbell, and Kayla Gander while accepting resignations from Katie Haynes and Melody Otto. All three new hires are Hume alumni...

The Nevada Tigers track-and-field team was in Pittsburg (Kan.) Friday for the 27th Annual Jock's Nitch PSU Gorilla Relays. After having competed in a track-and-field meet earlier in the week, NHS participated in a limited capacity at PSU. The PSU Gorilla Relays featured 44 schools from six states...

Nevada Daily Mail On March 31, the city of Sheldon submitted an application for a Community Development Block Grant to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. If awarded, the grant will help pay for the demolition and removal of eight buildings in Sheldon that have been identified as dangerous...

Two members of the Nevada Middle School track-and-field team had a record-breaking day at the annual Nevada Middle School Invitational, April 14 at Nevada High School. In the 1600-meter run, eighth-grader Calli Beshore broke her own record, clocking a time of 5:35.60...

Nevada Middle School hosted its annual track invitational Thursday evening at Nevada High School. The Tigers middle school track-and-field team is coached by Samantha Short. NMS 8th-grade boys (2nd-place out of 7 teams) Kolby O'Connell, first-place in high jump, 5-feet 2-inches; Austin Bash, third-place, 4-feet 8-inches...

The Nevada Tigers emerged as champions of the Carthage-Sonic Golf Invitational, Monday morning at Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Nevada won the tournament with a combined team score of 308. This is the first time in the program's history that the Tigers have won the Carthage-Sonic Invitational...

Looking to end a three-game losing skid, the Nevada Tigers fell to Sedalia Smith-Cotton in both games of a doubleheader Saturday morning and afternoon at Lyons Stadium. The losses drop Nevada to 6-7 overall and 3-3 in the West Central Conference. The victories improve Smith-Cotton to 15-3 overall and 4-0 in the WCC...

Combining at Bronaugh to make a grand entrance! Junior, Kasen Pitts looks down at his date, senior, Lindsey Reedy as she is assisted down by Dave Reedy, Lindsey's dad. The owner of the combine, Mike Byram, agreed to let Pitts use the combine on the condition he first cleaned it until it was gleaming. The combine looked good, and the couple even better!...

Frank was born in Choctaw, Okla., Nov. 7, 1940, to Jessie and Lillie Pulliam. They moved to Kansas then on to Oregon. Frank went into the Navy in 1958. He was stationed at El Central, Calif., where he worked with the flight crew when planes came in. ...