Stories from Friday, July 27, 2018

The Nevada Griffons’ 2018 campaign came to a screeching halt Wednesday night at Lyons Stadium as a seven-run ninth inning propelled the Jefferson City Renegades to an 11-7, single-game elimination, MINK League playoff victory over the host Griffons...

In what might have been a record short 30-minute meeting Thursday evening, the Vernon County Ambulance District board of directors — after the perfunctory approval of the past meeting’s minutes, the financial statements and bills — dealt with the only two items of business on the agenda, bank account signatories and the annual fiscal audit...

With the hot days of July — having fun in the outdoors means being on, in, and around the water. More-and-more people are discovering that type of fun in a canoe or kayak. The canoe, and now, the kayak are the most versatile small craft available today. Both are well adapted to travel the inland waters as well as in open water. Both are unmatched for wilderness, and you can travel with them to the outback. They are light, so it makes a good car-top craft for the fishing family...