Stories from Friday, March 12, 2021

The Cottey College volleyball team looked poised to capture its first win of the spring season after going up 25-21, 26-24 on the road at Stephens College on Tuesday — but the Stars had other plans. Stephens College came back 25-22, 25-23, and 15-11 to send Cottey back home with an 0-2 record...

Nevada Lady Tiger wrestler Claire Pritchett saw her season come to an end on Tuesday at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence Mo. Wrestling is always a long season but with COVID-19 this year was for sure a marathon. The MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships are historically the week of Valentine’s Day. However, due to the additional of sectional tournaments in order to make tournament smaller, the championships are being wrestled this week almost a month later than normal...

Nevada High School senior guard Logan Applegate was the focal point of every defense he faced — and will continue to face — this basketball season, and for that the coaches of the Big 8 West conference this week voted him its Player of the Year. Averaging nearly 23 points per game and helping to lead his team to the quarterfinals of the MSHSAA Class 5 state tournament, Applegate was also a unanimous first-team All-Big 8 West selection — an honor he shared with fellow senior Logan McNeley, who made many defenses pay for focusing so much attention elsewhere.. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Local farmers Nathan and Ashley Forkner recently directed a $2,500 America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation, sponsored by Bayer Fund, to the Vernon County Youth Fair. Vernon County Youth Fair will use the funds to implement a new small animal scale at the Fairgrounds. ...

Galen Tyrone Gazaway, 77, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Community Springs Heath Care facility, El Dorado Springs, Mo. Galen was born to Frances P. (Portwood) and Clifford Gazaway in Croweburg, Kan., on July 11, 1943...

Charles Vernon Wright, 94, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021, at his home in Sheldon. Charles was born Dec. 3, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Arastus V. and Mary L. (Weston) Wright. He married Ruby Castlebury on March 28, 2009, and she survives of the home...