Stories from Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A fire destroyed the bathroom at Walton Park Sunday afternoon. The Nevada Fire Department responded to the scene at 3:30 p.m. and found the bathroom emitting heavy smoke and flames. The cause of the fire is believed to have been by someone throwing a lit item in the women's trash can. The bathroom is a total loss and Nevada City Manager Mark Mitchell noted that the city would be contacting their insurance on Monday...

Community members representing downtown Nevada businesses and local civic organizations met Monday morning with representatives from Missouri Main Street Connection in the hopes of securing grant funding for downtown revitalization. Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide non-profit organization devoted to preservation-based economic development. ...

Loretta Jo (“Jo” or “Jopey”) Erwin, 83, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Meadow View Health, in Harrisonville, following a lengthy illness. Jo was born Aug. 24, 1939, in a farmhouse near Richards, Mo., to Ross and Alvaretta (Richmond) Rowland. She was married on Aug. 24, 2001, in Nevada, Mo., to Bill Erwin Sr. and he preceded her in death on Oct. 6, 2020...

Betty Sue Sheehy, age 97, of Independence, Mo., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away peacefully on April 15, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born on Oct. 6, 1925, in Sprague, Mo., to Robert Hugh and Mary Elizabeth (Goodwin) Rutherford. She married Thomas Rex Sheehy in 1940 and worked as a surgical nurse at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott for 33 years...

Ronald Lee Attebury, 61, Sheldon, Mo., died on Friday, April 14, 2023, at his home in Sheldon. Ron was born March 19, 1962, in Kansas City, Mo., to James A. and Maxine (Friedli) Attebury. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, April 21, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home...

Susan Diane McKenzie, 78, of Nevada, Mo., died on Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Susan was born on Jan. 21, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., to Roderick Dew and Marjorie Evelyn (Sutherland) Friend. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 22, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Roger Beach officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the funeral...

It wasn’t the best day for the Nevada Tigers, after a 5-1 loss to the 5-8 Bolivar Liberators Monday afternoon at Lyons Stadium. “I just think that our energy today wasn't very good,” stated Head Coach Danny Penn. As coaches, we want our upper class leaders to step up and say, “This isn't okay. We've got to be better than this.’ It just seemed like today that never happened.”...