Stories from Wednesday, April 7, 2021

After Neosho got its first hit on his change-up in the first inning of Tuesday's tilt in the Bill O'Dell Tournament, Nevada High School sophomore pitcher Case Sanderson settled for fastballs and curveballs the rest of the way. And didn't give up another hit...

The last time the Nevada High School boys tennis team faced perennial power Springfield Catholic, in the 2019 Big 8 Conference tournament, Evan Rea, a freshman in No. 5 singles at the time, was the only Tiger who won a match. Tuesday at the NHS courts, in a regular season dual against the Fightin' Irish, Rea, now a junior and the team's No. 1 singles player, had as little luck as the next guy...

Anna Mae Jones, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Anna was born June 20, 1941, in Berryville, Ark., to Claude A. and Lucy M. (Mitchell) Boyd. She married Robert Virgil Jones on March 9, 1957, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 13, 2010...

Christopher Gene Hale, 52, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Chris was born June 27, 1968, in Wichita, Kan., to Ronald Gene and Glenda Mae Hale. Chris was raised in Wichita and later Grove, Okla., graduating from North High School in Wichita, Kan., in 1986. ...

George Arthur Hunt, age 83, born on July 26, 1937, died on April 3, 2021, in Lincoln, Neb. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Sheldon Funeral Home, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Family will receive friends and relatives from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Sheldon Funeral Home. Interment will be in El Dorado Springs City Cemetery...

After Tuesday's general municipal election, two open positions on both the Nevada City Council and Nevada R-5 School Board have been filled, as well as two bond issues have been passed for the school district. The unofficial results are as follows: Receiving 43.11 percent of the votes and 38.67 percent of the absentee votes, Richard Brockman led in votes and took one of the positions on Nevada City Council. ...