Stories from Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Frances Louise Sanderson, 97, Schell City, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, at Medicalodges of Nevada. She was born on April 6, 1920, in Camden, Mo., to Lambert and Estella Faye (Kincaid) Coats. She married Howard Sanderson on Aug. 5, 1939, in Excelsior Springs, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 2002...

The Children’s Center hosted their fifth annual mouse race fundraiser this past Saturday at the Nevada Elk’s Lodge No. 564. “It was a record-setting night all the way around,” Cindy Wyant, forensic interviewer, said. “I am speechless to the way this community rallied around this. It was amazing.”...

HUME, Mo. — They knocked on the door last year, falling to Montrose in the district championship game. On Saturday night in Hume the second-seeded Sheldon Panthers kicked it down, pulling out a dramatic 42-41 victory over the top-seeded Drexel Bobcats in the Class 1 District 6 title game...

The Cottey Comet basketball team wrapped its regular-season on Saturday with 61-57 home loss to Little Priest Tribal College. Currently on a four-game losing skid, Cottey concludes it regular-season 6-15 overall. A low-scoring first half had the Comets in front 25-18 at the break. ...

Bridget Marie Norcross, 46, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, in Nevada. She was born on Nov. 23, 1971, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She married Jody Norcross in Nevada on April 27, 1996, and he survives of the home. Bridget grew up in Lawton, Okla., and graduated from Great Bend, Kan., High School Class of 1990. ...