Stories from Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The Bronaugh High School boys and girls basketball teams ended their seasons by beating Northeast Vernon County via nearly identical scores at home on Saturday. The games, which were postponed until after district play, tipped off with a 52-39 win by the Lady Wildcats...

The Nevada Tiger Wrestling MSHSAA Class 2 Sectional 3 qualifiers traveled to Seneca on Saturday to compete in the sectional tournament. Due to COVID-19 protocols, only the top three places would qualify for the state tournament this year. Nevada had seven wrestlers qualify for this tournament: Kynndrick Brooks at 106 pounds, Braylin Brooks at 113, Mokey Dawn at 126, Ethan Dighero at 132, Jace Lee at 170, Logan Smith at 220, and Skylur Mashek at 285...

For the first time since 2017, the Nevada High School girls basketball team will not be adding a “district champion” plaque to the wall inside Wynn Gymnasium. Webb City denied the Lady Tigers a chance to four-peat with a 59-48 road victory in the opening round (and semifinals) of the Class 5, District 12 tournament Monday night...

Dorothy Louise Pettibon, 89, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, at Nathan Richards Healthcare, in Nevada. Dorothy was born on Feb. 2, 1932, in Richards, Mo., to James Reuben and Lucy Mae (Lawson) McConnaughey. She married Elmer Earl “Bill” Pettibon on Sept. 3, 1950, in Deerfield, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Aug. 25, 2017...

Nevada High School Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC), for the second time this academic year, hosted a Bataan Memorial Death March on Saturday. The 14-mile march was held to commemorate the 1942 Bataan Death March where tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces and forced to march 65 miles...