Stories from Friday, October 11, 2019

While the phrase "peaking at the right time" has become cliche in sports, that's precisely what the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team is doing. With the postseason just around the corner Nevada extended its win streak to six games, dispatching visiting Carl Junction, 11-1, in a five-inning run-rule Wednesday evening at Bushwhacker Field...

John Phillip Musick Jr., 45, Kansas City, Mo., died on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. John was born Dec. 21, 1973, in Kansas City, Mo., to John P. and Shirley (Moore) Musick. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 14, at Newton Burial Park, in Nevada. Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

Most services offered to the Springfield area for housing their inmates at the Vernon County Jail are to end on November 1 according to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher. He says that in early September he sent notice to Springfield that Vernon County would terminate the housing agreement after a better contract was worked out with Kansas City...