Stories from Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Joel “Jay” Smith, 60, born in Nevada, Missouri on January 14, 1964, passed away peacefully surrounded by his friends and family on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.        Jay was a 1982 graduate of Nevada High School. He then attended Missouri Southern and graduated in 1986 with an Associate of Arts in Law Enforcement and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration. ...

LeeAnn Woodfill Mitchell, 70, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 22, 2024, after a courageous 18-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born on July 23, 1954, in Nevada, Missouri, to Robert and Marilee Woodfill and was the oldest of four sisters...