Stories from Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Darlene (Holland) Doolin, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2025, at Medicalodges Nevada, MO where she resided as a resident for the past three years.        Darlene was the daughter of Paul and Nora Alline (Beshore) Holland and was born in her home in Nevada, MO on December 6, 1936.  She shared this home with her older sister, Pauline Geyer and two younger brothers, Charles and Paul Holland. ...

Mary Lou (McBride) Leer, 83, Nevada, MO, came into this world on January 26, 1942 and entered Heaven’s gates on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. She was surrounded by her two daughters and her fur-babies. Mary Lou was born in Ventura, California to Ray Hodges “Cowboy” and Thadrel Jewell (Brown) McBride. ...

Gary Lee Ogle, 87, of Afton, Oklahoma, formerly of Nevada, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.  Gary was born on June 26, 1937, in Green City, Missouri, to Lester Lofton Ogle and Geraldine Louise (Bankus) Ogle...

A small pin oak seedling rests in its black plastic pot taking in the summer sunshine. It is one of the several hundred seedlings started by Nevada’s Dr. Warren Lovinger as part of his focus on the environment during his year-long tenure as district governor for Rotary District #6110...

The Nevada Griffons struggled defensively and it was costly in an 11-3 loss to the Chillicothe Mudcats Monday night at Shaffer Park in Chillicothe. With Nevada committing five errors, the Mudcats had an 11-1 lead by the end of five innings of play and the game was pretty much in the books. The Griffons avoided having the run rule put in affect by plating two runs in the sixth...