Stories from Friday, December 13, 2019

The Nevada Tiger middle school seventh and eighth-grade wrestling team was in action at the Seneca Tournament Dec. 7 — placing fourth overall. NMS results • First- place finishers: Kason Clark, Kynndrick Brooks, Corey Breese, and Luke Andersen. • Second-place finishers: Barrett Nadurata, and Myles Callaghan...

The Nevada Lady Tiger seventh and eighth-grade basketball teams are fresh off excellent performances at the Wild West Shooutout tournament. The Lady Tiger eighth-graders captured the tournament championship Tuesday in Joplin. Just down the road in Neosho, the Nevada seventh-graders scored a third-place finish...

For the second time in their past three games, the Cottey Comet basketball team emerged victorious over Cavalry University. Tuesday night's 73-65 home-victory extended the Comets' win-streak to three, while upping their record to 5-6 overall. Cottey held a 14-11 lead entering the second frame, ultimately upping their advantage to 36-27 at the halftime break...

Osage Prairie YMCA CEO Jeff Snyder is a man on a mission. Overseeing the organization the singular focus for Snyder is to have the Y grow and thrive within the Nevada community. "We're here to serve the community," Snyder told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview. ...

The Nevada Lady Tiger swim team fared well at the Monett dual meet on Tuesday — winning seven of 10 head-to-head matchups. The Lady Tigers notched victories over Camdenton (96-72), Thomas Jefferson Independent Day (127-26), Monett (111-60), Marshfield (129-22), Joplin (129-49), Lamar (105-59), and Hillcrest (119-55). Nevada fell to Carthage, Carl Junction, and Webb City...

Ebenezer Scrooge has spent his life collecting an enviable wealth at the expense of all meaningful human relationships and has unknowingly forged the chains of his own damnation in the process. A miraculous act of grace from beyond the grave by his dead business partner summons to him three Christmas spirits in hopes to change the course of Ebenezer’s life and shape of his destiny. ...

Overcoming an uphill climb, the Nevada Lady Tigers edged past the Mount Vernon Mountaineers Thursday night at Wynn Gym. The 45-42 Big 8 Conference cross-division clash moved Nevada to 4-1 on the season. The Lady Tigers trailed for much of the contest, as Mount Vernon led 13-12 at the conclusion of the opening frame — and padded their cushion in the second quarter for a 25-19 halftime lead...

In opening-round play at the 73rd annual Carthage basketball tournament Thursday, the Nevada Tigers dispatched Lebanon, 53-3

Robert Francis Neal “Bob” Hutchison was born Sept. 5, 1933, to Ruby May Whitley Hutchison and Walter Howard Hutchison at the home in rural Walker, Mo. He passed away Dec. 10, 2019, at the age of 86 at Moore-Few Care Center as a result of Thyroid Cancer...

Dr. Mary Jo Litten, 72, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, after an extended battle with Alzheimer’s Disease at Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. Mary was born April 25, 1947, in Lockwood, Mo., to Robert Glenn and Ida Louise (Jennings) Lasley...