Stories from Friday, December 21, 2018

The Nevada City Council met in regular session on Tuesday with councilmen Ryan Watts, Mayor Brian Leonard, Blake Hertzberg and Lyndon Eberhard in attendance. Also present were City Attorney Bill McCaffree, City Clerk Johnna Williams and City Manager JD Kehrman...

Kenneth Eugene Gatley, 91, Warrensburg, Mo., formerly of El Dorado Springs, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg. Ken was born Aug. 25, 1927, in Independence, Mo., to John Bryant and Helen (Baucom) Klotz...

Vern E. Sword Jr., 71, of Hume, Mo., passed away Dec. 20, 2018, at Nevada Nursing & Rehabilitation in Nevada, Mo. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, at the Hume Christian Church. There is no visitation. Burial will follow services in the East Liberty Cemetery near Stotesbury, Mo. ...

The Nevada Lady Tiger swim team wrapped the first half of its season at the Monett Invitational, placing eighth at the 16-school event Saturday. NHS results • 200-yard Free Relay: Abbi Baldwin, Amara Pippin, Emily Simrell, Brynn Wolfe (1:57.21) 3rd...

Squaring off against a pair of former West Central Conference foes, the Nevada Tiger wrestling team walked out of Wynn Gym Tuesday evening with mixed results — besting Kansas City Center, 43-27, and falling to Clinton High School, 41-31. “I was pleased with the team’s effort tonight,” said Nevada head coach David Hawks, of the Senior Night double dual. “We were giving up a couple weight classes, (but) were able to go 1-1 on the night, and were very competitive against Clinton.”...

Both the Nevada Tiger and Lady Tiger varsity basketball teams closed out the first half of their seasons on a high-note Thursday, clocking the Clinton Cardinals. Squaring off at home against their former West Central Conference rivals, the Lady Tigers flattened Clinton, 73-37, while the Nevada boys coasted to a 63-40 road victory over the Cardinals...