Stories from Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Festivities for Friday night's Nevada High School basketball tripleheader at Wynn Gym include athletic Wall of Fame inductions prior to the start of the varsity clash with visiting Clinton. Those being inducted are former Tiger hoopster Bryan Campbell, and "The Brothers Pig" pep squad...

Editor's Note_: This is the first installment in a two-part series. “What is Christmas really about these days?” Summer Fogle asked in a recent interview. “Do we all celebrate as a family surrounded by all the sights, smells, and sounds of Christmas with everything picture perfect like in the books that tell you how to plan the 'Best Christmas Ever?'"...

Nevada Lady Tiger star point guard Calli Beshore has been recognized as a Joplin Globe prep athlete of the week — for the week ending Dec. 21. Beshore eclipsed the 1,000 career-point plateau during Nevada’s 30-point blowout of Harrisonville on Dec. 19, and has helped Nevada out to a 6-1 start...

Rick Allen Stafford, 65, Nevada, Mo., died following a lengthy illness, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin. Rick was born on Aug. 10, 1954, in Kansas City, Mo., to William Wilson and JoAnn (Connor) Stafford. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home...

Lloyd W. Clark, 67, of Nevada, passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Freeman Health System in Joplin. Lloyd was born July 7, 1952, in Lee’s Summit, Mo., to William O. and Susie F. (Lightfoot) Clark. He was married to Christine Murphy on Oct. 25, 1985, in Miami, Okla., and she survives of Nevada...