Stories from Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Gary Dean Majors, 49, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, at his home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Gary was born March 20, 1969, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Clifford Eugene and Lavona Mae (Davis) Majors. He was united in marriage to Lori Ann Robinson on Dec. 2, 1988, in Schell City, Mo., and she survives of the home...

According to a study commissioned by the city of Nevada, it’s current water system is facing a number of challenges which are being studied in hopes of addressing them in phases, beginning late this year and over the next several years. But before going any further, first answer a question...

Eric Cameron’s blueprint for building the Cottey Comet golf program from the ground floor up is well underway. Cameron is looking to immediately turn around a fledgling program, as the first-year head coach is Cottey’s third coaching hire in just two years of the program’s existence...

t’s been a roller-coaster week for the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team. Nevada kicked things off Monday with a convincing 15-0, three-inning, run-rule victory over visiting Butler High School, as junior hurler Maggie Leisure spun a no-hitter. The Lady Tigers then returned to Bushwhacker Field Tuesday and were upended, 13-6, by Big 8 Conference cross-division foe Logan-Rogersville Lady Wildcats...

Nevada Tiger sophomore swim sensation Ben Hines swept to gold medal finishes in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, while the Nevada High swim team placed ninth at the 23-school Ozark Invitational — held Saturday at Springfield’s Foster Natatorium. Kansas City-area Park Hill South High School emerged from the ultra-competitive event with a first-place team finish...

Competing in their second event of the season, the Nevada Lady Tiger golf team placed fifth at the six-team Webb City Invitational — held Tuesday at Briarbrook Country Club. The 18-hole, par-72 event was won by Carthage High School. For the Lady Tigers, senior Grace Palmer placed seventh out of 49 prep competitors, carding a 25-over-par 97. Fellow Lady Tiger senior Kaitlyn Vincent fired a 36-over-par 108, for a 13th-place finish...

It was a tough weekend on the court for the Cottey Comet volleyball team, dropping three of four matches at the Oklahoma Wesleyan University Tournament in Bartlesville. Cottey opened Friday with a four-set 25-21, 18-25, 9-25, 14-25 loss to Sterling (Kan.) College...

According to a study commissioned by the city of Nevada, it’s current water system is facing a number of challenges which are being studied in hopes of addressing them in phases, beginning late this year and over the next several years. But before going any further, first answer a question...