Stories from Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Norma Dean Short, 74 of Nevada passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, at her home following an illness of several months. Norma was born May 4, 1943, in Nevada, the daughter of Robert and Hazel (Brundridge) Cargill. She grew up in Nevada and attended Nevada schools. ...

Carolyn Ann Alexander, age 71, of El Dorado Springs, passed away Dec. 22, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. She was born April 14, 1946, to Wendel Durwood and Ethel Mae (Wolfe) Pettibon in Nevada. She attended school at Benton School, Nash School, Deerfield, Nevada, and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1964...

Mary Marie Dobson Madill, 92, Nevada, passed away at Moore-Few Care Center on Dec. 26. She was born in Cherryvale, Kan., on Nov. 10, 1925, to Glenn and Lillian (nee Kellam) Dobson, area restaurateurs. She married Ernest Martin Madill in 1946 in Chanute, Kan. Ernie passed away in Nevada on Nov. 3, 2009...

Ross Wolfe and MacKenzie Pritchett portrayed Joseph and Mary during the LifeWalk living Nativity Sunday evening on the Square as Gage Miller, left, and Eli Cheaney portrayed shepherds.

It was an ultra-successful year for Nevada High School athletics in 2017. A few of the highlights included the Tiger basketball team’s 18-game win streak and appearance in the district title game, the Lady Tiger swim team’s third consecutive West Central Conference championship; Nevada football’s bounce-back season on the gridiron and epic upset victory over K.C. Center; and the Lady Tiger tennis team’s conference and district championships...