Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The City of Nevada will start the flushing of water mains on Monday, May 17, 2021. There may be a temporary drop in water pressure during testing periods and occasionally, water becomes discolored after hydrant flushing. We recommend you flush your water until it turns clear prior to drinking it, using it for cooking, or washing clothes...

The Cottey College softball team knew going into its first-ever NAIA national tournament that it would face pitching of a caliber it had not seen all season — or maybe ever. But the Comets could not have been expecting to strike out 15 times and muster only two hits in a 4-0 loss Monday in Waleska, Ga., at the hands of Oregon Tech...

A change of venue and two-day wait proved ineffective in throwing the Nevada High School baseball team off its game. After their semifinal match was rained out Saturday and moved from Seneca to Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin, the no. 1-seeded Tigers took care of no. 5 East Newton 8-0 Monday to advance to the Class 4 District 12 championship...

Nevada High School head golf coach Brian Leonard is in charge of running this year’s MSHSAA Class 3 boys golf tournament, so he had to man the clubhouse during first-round action Monday at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to hear an update on how NHS junior Owen Swearingen was performing out on the links...

CARL JUNCTION — After trying but failing to win the Big 8 Conference championship, the Nevada High School girls track and field team switched up its strategy for the Class 4 District 6 meet Saturday at Bulldog Stadium. Instead of trying to win every event — and in turn the team standings — the Lady Tigers just tried to earn as many top-four finishes as possible, in order to qualify as many athletes for sectionals as they can...

William Eugene “Bull” Weber, 64, of Moundville, Mo., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Bill was born on Sept. 29, 1956, to William L. “Pete” and Patsy R. (Mooney) Weber in Kansas City, Mo. On June 25, 2005, he married Bernice M. Million and she survives of the home...

Charles "Charlie" Henry Kranz, 43, Hockley, Texas, passed away on May 13. Charlie was born April 11, 1978, in Dallas, Texas. He was preceded in death by his brother, Stanley Wayne and father, Gordon Henry Kranz. He is survived by his mother, Lulu Kranz; his children, Dillon, Georgia, and Jakoda; two brothers, Gordon "Jimmy" and Jerry; two sisters, Pam and Cherie; two brothers-in-law, Bob and Kenny; two sisters-in-law, Robin and Rose; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends...

Linda Lee Jacuzzi Emery, 72, died May 14, 2021, from complications of heart problems and autoimmune diseases. She was born Aug. 11, 1948, in St. Louis, Mo., to Clydia and Tullio Jacuzzi. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Nancy Davenport; her sister-in-law, Patti Jacuzzi; her nephew, Clay; her grandson, Trystan; and great-grandson, Killy Schultz...