Stories from Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Voters in the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association recently named Hume's Kennidi Harris and Makinzi Harris to their second-team All-Class 1 softball team. This spring, the Harrises and the rest of the Lady Hornets won their first district championship in program history...

Coaches in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference recently released their all-conference baseball teams, highlighted by four Hume Hornets making the first team. Logan Brooks, Peyton McFrederick, Blake Steuck, and Beriah Morrison, all from Hume, made first-team all-conference. They were joined by Bronaugh’s Gavin Cox, Sheldon’s Isaac Hall, and Montrose’s Owen Westhusing, Dawson Fennewald, and Connor Leonard...

When David Hawks was a student at Nevada High School, he always took the long way to the wrestling room. He could have cut through Wynn Gymnasium, of course, but that was where John McNeley, the boys head hoops coach at the time, was conducting his practices...

The Bushwhacker Days Committee has announced that it will be hosting a Dog Show from 2 to 4, Saturday, June 12, at the annual weekend of festivities. According to the Dog Show Committee Chair Brent Mendenhall, the purpose of the dog show is the same as Bushwhacker Days — it's a chance for the members of the community to get out and socialize with others in the community. ...

The Vernon County Health Department recently released an update to county COVID-19 numbers. The county's total number of COVID-19 cases is now at 2,106. This includes 1,502 confirmed cases and 604 probable cases. There has been 1 new case and it is still active — having decreased from last week's active cases number of 2...