Stories from Thursday, August 14, 2025

The Nevada Main Street Alliance held a public meeting at the Community Center on Tuesday, Aug. 12, to inform citizens of the recently-formed organization’s progress. Board member Olivia Houston Roberts recapped the history of the Nevada Main Street Alliance as starting in 2022 when the city received a grant from the Missouri Main Street Connection in the form of two consultants. ...

Darlena Cooper has lots of experience with Cottey College, not the least of which is because she’s a 2019 Cottey graduate with a four-year degree in organizational leadership. More recently, Cooper is enjoying her second year as her alma mater’s associate director of Alumni Engagement and Events, which means she gets to help put together all the fun stuff happening at the school, such as Founders’ Day, or more recently, the annual Vacation College taking place this week...