Stories from Saturday, June 26, 2021

Winners of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame's 2021 Sports Commission Awards — for which three Nevada High School athletes had been nominated — were announced at a ceremony Tuesday night at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Lamar's Case Tucker took home the Boys Athlete of the Year award for his success on the football field, basketball court, and baseball diamond, while Riley Arnold, a four-sport athlete at Blue Eye High School, won Girls Athlete of the Year...

If you were scoring by home runs, the Nevada Griffons beat the Sedalia Bombers 2-0 on the road Thursday night. But if total runs scored is your thing — which, unfortunately for the Griffons, at last check is still what determines who wins and who loses — then the Bombers earned the victory, 8-3...

The YMCA Grocery Grab is continuing throughout the summer in an updated version now known as Grocery Grab 2.0. Starting July 1st, any children ages 2-18 are now eligible to pick up a week's worth of nutritious breakfasts, lunches and snacks at no cost, regardless of whether they participated in a school based food program during the school year...

Evelyn Pauline Boyd, 80, formerly of Nevada passed away on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Lee’s Summit, Mo., following a short illness. Evelyn was born July 5, 1940, in Nevada, Mo., to Arthur M. and Rosalene V. (Kiger) Barker. She married Calvin E. Boyd I, on July 16, 1966, in Las Vegas, Nev., and he preceded her in death...