Stories from Friday, December 15, 2017

This year much of my cash will be going to buy pretty wrapping paper and ribbons. But the most important item I will need is an ample roll of Scotch Tape. Remember those nights trying to make a pretty present with ordinary tape, string and GLUE. The glue was the important item, because when we folded the paper at the end, we needed something to hold things in place...

Janet Ruth Burrell, 71, Nevada, departed this life on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at her home in Nevada. Janet was born Dec. 12, 1946, in Neosho, Mo., to Charles and Eloise Jones. Janet grew up in Neosho. She graduated from Neosho High School and attended Crowder College for one year. ...

Alan Hooper, supervisor at the Missouri Department of Transportation facility in Nevada, gave Local Emergency Planning Committee members a briefing on MODOT’s winter storm response procedures for Vernon County. “We stay on it 24/7 as long as the storm lasts,” Hooper said...

In an early-season marquee hoops match-up, the Nevada Tigers are slated to tangle with Warrensburg, with tip off set for 7 p.m. tonight at Wynn Gym. Nevada enters the contest on fire at 6-1 overall, winning by an average margin of 17.7 points per contest. In addition, the Tigers are off to a perfect 4-0 start in West Central Conference-play. Meanwhile, Warrensburg is off to a 5-1 start (1-1 WCC-play), with their only loss coming to Kansas City Center on Monday night (57-47)...

The Broanugh Lady Wildcats earned an impressive non-conference road victory Wednesday night, knocking off the Northeast Arma (Kan.) Lady Vikings, 39-36. The win was the first of the season for Bronaugh, as the Lady ’Cats improve to 1-6 overall (0-1 GVVC). For Bronaugh, junior point guard Mattie Earnest finished with a team-high 13 points, while senior guard Becca Raper and junior forward Paige Wait chipped in 7 points apiece...

A dazzling performance by sophomore floor general Calli Beshore pulled the Nevada Lady Tigers out of a 16-point first half deficit, en route to a 46-44 victory over the defending district champion Harrisonville Lady Wildcats. Thursday night’s non-conference triumph at Wynn Gym improved the Lady Tigers to 5-3 overall (2-2 WCC-play)...