Stories from Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Joan May Villamaria, 80, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, at Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. Joan was born Aug. 26, 1936, in Farlington, Kan., to Elmer and Iva (Matlock) Hill. She was united in marriage to Val Villamaria on Nov. 15, 1958, in Columbus, Kan., and he preceded her in death on March 7, 2012...

The Nevada City Council met in regular session Tuesday at 7 p.m., in the council chambers. The meeting opened with the pledge and an invocation led by David Crook. Following which the minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Mayor Brian Leonard then put before the council the consideration of the reappointments of Annie Daugherty and Richard Perkins to the Park Board, both reappointments were approved...

At the risk of sounding like a commercial for a local business, the agenda addressed by the Sheldon R-8 school board was about floors and more. The more included discussion about limits on money making projects by school groups, setting the tax hearing and a discussion about items in the July video provided by the Missouri School Board Association...

Bill Phelps rise to Missouri’s lieutenant governor has small-town roots, with the former multi-sport athlete having graduated from Nevada High School in 1952. Phelps was elected Missouri’s 40th lieutenant governor in 1972, and re-elected in 1976. Prior to serving in that capacity Phelps, a Republican, cut his teeth in the Missouri House of Representatives in 1960. Representing Kansas City’s Plaza district, Phelps was subsequently re-elected to five terms...

The Nevada Griffons were demolished 21-1 by the Sedalia Bombers Tuesday night. After its recent five game win streak in which the Griffons climbed over .500 in MINK-League play, Nevada has come crashing back down to earth, losing three of its last four contests...