Stories from Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Sandra Dee “Sandy” Hacker, 80, of Nevada, MO, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, July 12, 2025. She will be cremated, and her ashes will be buried alongside her beloved husband, Richard Dean “Dick” Hacker, at the City Cemetery in El Dorado Springs, MO. A memorial service celebrating Sandy’s life will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, July 19, 2025, with visitation at 12:00pm at Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home in El Dorado Springs, MO...

Toward the close of the 2025 Vernon County Youth Fair, family and friends gathered at the Centennial Building to honor Leonard Ernsbarger, former MU Extension Youth Program Associate and a familiar and beloved face in Vernon County 4-H for decades. Two specially designed planters located outside the Centennial Building were dedicated to him...

The Nevada Griffons finished a winless eight game road trip after an 8-0 loss Monday night in Clarinda, IA to the A’s. The loss was the eighth straight for the Griffons with all of them on the road as Nevada fell to 8-23. The Griffons remain in a tie for the sixth and final MINK League playoff spot with Sedalia with five games to play, but the Bombers own the tiebreaker...