Stories from Tuesday, December 5, 2017

On Dec. 2 Sandra Kay Breeding Gean went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Sandra was born May 9, 1941, in Nevada, to David Loren “Bing” Breeding and Katherine Lucille Mitts Breeding. She was their only child. Sandra lived her entire life in Nevada. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1959 and was in the first graduating class from the “new” Nevada Senior School after the old high school burned...

Doris Angel Bell, 81, formerly of Nevada, died on Thursday, Nov. 30, at Cox Hospital in Branson, Mo. Additional service and family information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home at a later time. You may view obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Bookings Dec. 1 Shianna Jade Robinson, hold for Barton County, bond is $5,000. Alexis Marie Grissom, hold for Springfield, bond is $1,000. William A. Irvine, hold for Springfield, bond is $1,000. Jared Michael Schmitt, hold for Springfield, bond is $1,000...

Nov. 20 Christopher David Robinson and Sarah Jeananne Tillery filed a marriage license.

Nevada High’s Lady Tiger swim team dazzled at the season-opening Valkyrie Invitational, placing third out of 13 teams. Springfield Central High School won the event, held at Foster Natatorium in Springfield, followed by Logan-Rogersville in the runner-up spot...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Despite a furious fourth quarter rally the top-seeded Nevada Tigers were denied a second consecutive Carthage Invitational championship, falling to the No. 2 seed Joplin Eagles, 62-58, in Saturday night's title game. Nevada trailed 55-40 midway through the fourth quarter before going on an 18-3 run, punctuated by Braeden Hinton's game-tying 3-pointer from the right wing with 1:12 remaining. ...

The Cottey Comets basketball team fell in heartbreaking fashion, 72-71, to the Hesston (Kan.) Lady Larks on Friday at Hinkhouse Center. Coming out of a timeout with less than a minute remaining in regulation, and trailing 67-65, Cottey freshman point guard Katrina Cantu found an open Alex Alvarez, who proceed to drill a corner 3-pointer, handing the Comets a 68-67 advantage...

By Gabe Franklin gfranklin.ndm@gmail.com Students from the Nevada R-5 Early Childhood Careers Program and Small World Pre-School met at Medicalodges of Nevada early Tuesday morning to deliver Christmas cards and sing carols for the residents. “The tech center is big on promoting community service projects so my students decided with their group, Educators Rising — which is our student teacher association that they are part of — they decided that they wanted to come and spend some time with the kids at a couple area nursing homes,” Beth Waldrup said. ...