Stories from Friday, June 8, 2018

In my grandmother’s home there was a small room we called the ‘kitchen nook,’ and sitting upon the window sill was a wondrous Indian statue. The Indian could not have been much more than 3 or 4 inches tall, but it regularly commanded my childlike attention owing to its unique daily predictions...

My father liked cats and often for some reason when we didn’t have one he would suggest that we go looking for one so we eagerly set out to a home near El Dorado Springs where we heard a lady had some cats for sale. When we got there we found a litter just ready to be separated from their mother and they were all red beautiful Persian kittens. ...

After being rained out a week prior, action-packed dirt-oval racing returned to Historic Nevada Speedway this past weekend. On fan appreciation night Saturday, El Dorado Springs native Craig “Woody” Wood kept his stranglehold on the Late Model division, flying the checkers for a third consecutive week to open the season...

Nevada High School 2018 grads Braeden Hinton and Braxton Shadden rose to the occasion at the 17th annual Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, played June 1 at Kennedy Stadium in Springfield. The Southwest Missouri duo’s West squad pummeled the East, 42-3, in the All Star football game for 2018 high school seniors...