Stories from Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Barbara Louise Hamlett-Smith, 68, of Nevada, MO, passed away on January 11, 2025 due to a brief illness. She was born on December 29, 1956, in Nevada, Missouri, to Lewis William and Josephine Ruby (Lampke) Hamlett. Barbara was a lifelong resident of Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1976...

Barbara Louise Hamlett-Smith, 68, of Nevada, MO, passed away on January 11, 2025 due to a brief illness. She was born on December 29, 1956, in Nevada, Missouri, to Lewis William and Josephine Ruby (Lampke) Hamlett. Barbara was a lifelong resident of Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1976...

Kirk Miller has been hunting and fishing since he was a youngster, but now as an adult, the Nevada High School civics teacher has taken his love of, and sense of responsibility for the great outdoors into the school. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

In a rematch of the Butler Tournament championship game just three weeks ago, Nevada would host a fellow Missouri Class 4 District 13 opponent in the 7-3 Harrisonville Wildcats on Tuesday night at Wynn Gymnasium.  Nevada came into the contest at 8-2, averaging 51 points per game while giving up 43 ppg on defense.  Meanwhile, the Wildcats were averaging 55 ppg on offense while allowing 51 ppg on defense.  Nevada, having won 7 out of the last 9 games between the two schools dating back to 2009, dropped the initial matchup to the Wildcats, 53-36, on December 21 earlier this season.. ...