Stories from Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Nevada Tiger football team was given its first test of the season, competing in the four-team Stockton Jamboree. At Friday evening’s jamboree, the Tigers scrimmaged against Stockton, Lamar and Pierce City — going 12 offensive and 12 defensive snaps against each team...

With school starting this week, a pair of Nevada High juniors capped their summer with a bang, as Morgan Campbell and Jaren Powrie battled it out for the top two spots in the Pure Stock division Saturday night at Nevada Speedway. After going head-to-head for the entire 15-lap feature, it was Campbell who found victory lane, preventing Powrie from collecting his third consecutive speedway victory...

While Cottey College’s first-year students arrive on Friday, Aug. 18, and second-, third- and fourth-years students move in on Sunday, Aug. 20, it is the event on Saturday which unites the school and Nevada community as a new school year begins. The annual Community Dinner and Partner Fair will be at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center, from 6-8 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 19...

On Aug. 14 at the regular session meeting of the Nevada City Council, the Nevada Police Department received formal recognition from the Missouri Police Chiefs Association for earning status as an accredited law enforcement agency. For more than three years the Nevada Police Department has been working towards achieving accreditation status through the Missouri Police Chiefs Association’s Missouri Law Enforcement Agency Certification Program...

Marjorie Young, 98, went to be with her Lord Monday afternoon, Aug. 14, from the comfort of her own home in Nevada. Marjorie was born April 25, 1919, in Dallas County to her parents, I.N. (Isaac) and Alta (Parrish) Miller. She was preceded in death by her loving parents, her husband, Victor W. ...