Stories from Wednesday, May 5, 2021

The Sheldon High School baseball team lost 20-4 Monday at Fair Play. Panthers head coach Jacob Well stated afterward that the team improved at the plate but struggled to throw strikes — and as a result fell to 0-6 on the season. Sheldon will travel to Miami on Wednesday...

The Cottey College volleyball team's season may be over, but the Comets are still netting awards after their first trip to the NAIA National Tournament. This week, the American Volleyball Coaches Association named three players on Cottey's squad to its North Central All-Region Team...

Calling all catchers — and pitchers and infielders and outfielders: the Nevada Griffons have opened registration for their 2021 youth baseball camp. Ballplayers ages 5-8 will participate from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17, at Lyons Stadium. The camp for players ages 9-14 will be from 1:30-4:30 p.m. the next day, June 18, also on the Griffons' home field...

Cottey College senior Rachel Hancock was in the top-5 after the first round of play at the Association of Independent Institutions conference golf tournament Monday in Victoria, Texas. She ultimately had to settle for a top-10 finish, though, after finishing round two on Tuesday with a combined score of 172 (+15) — good enough for ninth place...

Emree Cameron may not be playing in this year's U.S. Women's Open, but it's safe to say she'll have plenty more opportunities to qualify. Cameron, a student at Nevada Middle School and the no. 5-ranked eighth-grade golfer in Missouri, got her first opportunity to try and qualify for an LPGA event last week at the one-day, 36-hole 2021 U.S. ...

At the top of Tuesday evening's Nevada City Council meeting, Mayor George Knox read a proclamation declaring May 9-15, 2021, as National Police Week. The proclamation read, in part, "to observe the week of May 9-May 15, 2021, as Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and observances in which our community may join in commemorating police officers, past and present, who by their faithful and loyal devotion to their responsibilities have rendered a dedicated service to their communities and, in doing so, have established for themselves and enviable and eduring reputation for preserving the rights and security of all citizens.". ...

Bernadine E. “Beth” Ricketts, 66, died on Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Willard Care Center in Willard, Mo. Beth was born Aug. 2, 1954, in New Orleans, La., to William Peter Link Jr. and Bernadine Ann (Keating) Link. Committal services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 6, at Welborn Cemetery in Moundville, Mo...