Stories from Tuesday, May 16, 2023

The senior class of Sheldon High School took their final walk across the stage during the graduation ceremonies on Sunday afternoon, May 14. Kimberleigh Coblert, the secretary of the senior class, welcomed all attendees and delivered the invocation. ...

Northeast Vernon County (NEVC) held its graduation ceremonies on Saturday evening, May 13. Senior Class President Brooklyn Foreman welcomed everyone who attended and gave the invocation. Senior Lillie Gerster sang the national anthem. High School Counselor Megan McInroy took the stage and offered a few words of advice to the Class of 2023. ...

Charles Vernon Thomspon, 86, Walker, Mo., died on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, May 18, at the First Presbyterian Church, in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

Heaven welcomed its newest Angel, Eva Irene Lowry, on Friday May 12, 2023, at 8:25 a.m. Many knew her as “Toby," lovingly nicknamed by her big brother. She was joyfully welcomed into the world by her parents, Roy Charles Jewell and Bessie Mae Bybee Jewell on July 27, 1934...

The Nevada Tigers are still alive in the postseason for MSHSAA baseball, as they advance to the Class 4 District 12 Championship game after defeating the Knob Noster Panthers with a final score of 8-3. The Tigers had No. 17 Caiden Klumpp on the mound for the Tigers, who recorded seven strikeouts against the Panthers. ...

When the MLB started the “Field of Dreams’ game back in 2021, it was something unique to sports. In the middle of nowhere up in Iowa, two Major League teams battled it out for the love of the game. Now what if I told you that NASCAR will be conducting their own version of that very thing?...