Stories from Friday, August 30, 2019

Already low on numbers, the Nevada Tiger football team enters tonight's season-opener against the Reeds Spring Wolves with a myriad of personnel issues, down eight varsity starters. "We currently have eight young men out; four of them are non-football related injuries or illnesses," head coach Wes Beachler told the Daily Mail after Thursday's practice...

In their first live action of the season, the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team squared of with Big 8 Conference foes East Newton and McDonald County in a pair of four inning exhibition contests in Anderson on Tuesday. Nevada was upended by East Newton in the opener, 6-4, and then dropped their contest to jamboree-host McDonald County, 3-0...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team kicked off its season with a strong showing at Tuesday's Carthage High School volleyball Jamboree. With each match slated for only two sets, the Lady Tigers opened the festivities with a convincing straight-set (15-12, 15-10) victory over Joplin. In their second matchup, Nevada split with host Carthage (13-15, 15-10). The Lady Tigers then wrapped the night against the Aurora Lady Houns', falling to the perennial powerhouse in two sets (12-15, 9-15)...

A landmark court ruling occurred this past Monday when an Oklahoma judge ordered pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to the state. The ruling comes after the company was charged for downplaying the addictive dangers of opioids, overstating the benefits of the drugs, and using misleading marketing strategies. ...

A special Nevada R-5 school board meeting was held at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, at the district's central office. Those present included Board President Dr. Jeremy Fast, Monty Smith, Jay Sloniker, Joy Hawks, Lois Pendrak, Alyson Harder, Mike McCaffree, Dr. Tyson Beshore, Jodie McNeley, and Melissa Hendrix...

Wilma Grace Carroll, 99, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Wilma was born April 12, 1920, in Clinton, Mo., the youngest of six children of William Riley and Cordie Lee (Bennett) Wentworth...