Stories from Wednesday, May 19, 2021

An eagle on the par-4 no. 13 helped the First National Bank-sponsored team of Jim Nichols, Mike Cragin, and Larry McCord win this year's Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation's Caring with Pride Golf Classic Friday afternoon on the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course...

Old news: Kim Colbert once again broke her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles. New news: she's going to state because of it. The Sheldon High School sophomore qualified for the MSHSAA Class 1 track and field state championship this weekend in Jefferson City with a second-place time of 50.50 seconds in her specialty event (for which she set and re-set a new school-best mark repeatedly this season) at the Class 1 Sectional 5 meet Saturday in Sarcoxie...

Coastal Georgia dealt Cottey College its second loss of the double-elimination opening round in the NAIA softball national tournament Tuesday in Waleska, Ga. After falling to Oregon Tech the previous day, the Comets' season ended with a 5-1 loss to the Mariners...

Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen matched his opening-round score of 76 (+4) in the second round of the MSHSAA Class 3 state golf tournament Tuesday at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington — and was rewarded for his steady play with second place...

Tuesday evening's regular meeting of the Nevada City Council began with a trio of proclamations read aloud by Mayor George Knox. The first two proclamations declare May 28-31, 2021 as “Poppy Days” for the American Legion Auxiliary and “Buddy Poppy Days” for the Ralph V. Bobbett VFW Post No. 2175...