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Council agrees to contract renewal for golf course management (10/1/24)The Nevada City Council approved three bids and the renewal of two contracts, including one for management of the golf course, during its regular meeting Tuesday evening. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail
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Nevada Fire Department to spend Fire Prevention Month educating the community (9/30/24)Check your smoke detectors when you fall back and spring forward with the time change and make sure your children know where to meet outside during a home fire. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail
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Mayor's coffee discussion focused on dilapidated buildings (9/27/24)Several current topics were discussed during the September Coffee with Mayor Dr. George Knox in tandem with Interim City Manager Larry Stevens fielding questions and giving attendees updated information. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
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Governance is one part of NRMC's restructuring process, but finances still a struggle (9/26/24)As part of restructuring of the Nevada Regional Medical Center, the chief restructuring officer has encouraged administration and staff to look at and changing the way everyone does business, starting at the top. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
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Nevada Softball improves to 14-3 with win over Coc's Webb City (9/24/24)The Nevada Lady Tigers scored a pair of runs in the sixth and worked around some sloppy defensive play to knock off the Webb City Lady Cardinals 2-1 in softball action Monday afternoon. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...
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Middle school boys offered The Man Up Initative (9/24/24)Nevada Middle School Assistant Principal Mason Heard typically gets the challenging cases, the disciplinary problems and class disruptions – it just comes with the job description. But this year Heard, also a former teacher and coach, has implemented his obvious passion for helping young middle school boys grow into responsible and self-sufficient young men through a new club: The Man Up Initiative...
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Tiger Magic at McDonald County! Late Braden to Collins Connection Corrals Mustangs (9/23/24)The “Last Lion,” World War II British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, once said, “Never, never, never give up.” That is exactly the attitude that propelled the Nevada Tigers to a 15-10 victory Friday night in Anderson, Missouri in Big 8 Conference play...
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Corn hole tournament, car show, other activities highlight of second Nevada Fall Festival (9/23/24)El Dorado Springs resident Jerry Hillerman was carefully putting the finishing shine on his bright red 1994 Camaro Z/28 at the beginning of the car show for the Nevada Fall Festival on Saturday. Held at Marmaduke Park, his was the first car attendees saw as they entered the festival, and Hillerman had every reason to be proud of his baby of five years: 350 LT1 V-8 with factory dual exhaust...
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Late Heroics Allow Tigers to Harness Mustangs in Anderson (9/20/24)With under two minutes to play, things looked bleak for the Nevada Tigers. However, at 1:29 Nevada QB Kellen Braden hit running back John Michael Collins with a swing pass. In a play that will long be remembered by the Crimson & Gray faithful, 75 yards later, a winded Collins stood in the Mac County endzone...
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Hang on to your hat and guard that tea! (9/20/24)Our nation is big enough to allow for several regional stereotypes; for example, there’s the southern belle, the New York sophisticate and the California beach bum. Personally, I was born and bred in the “fly-over zone” and I happily embrace that parentage. However, although I can tell the difference between a cow and a bull, (unfortunately not growing up in 4-H), that’s about as far as my Midwestern animal husbandry goes...
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Vickie Lynn (Terry) Briscoe (10/1/24)Vickie Lynn (Terry) Briscoe, age 71, of Carl Junction, Missouri, passed away September 8, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the presence of her son. She grew up in Nebraska, Colorado, and Illinois before...
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Billy R. Bishop (10/1/24)At 6:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2024, Billy R. Bishop passed away with his wife, Lynda Bishop; his daughter, Kathie Truitt, and his granddaughter, Rachael Tapper by his side. Bill declared, "I'm...
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Harold William Fritter (9/25/24)Harold William Fritter, 92, of Richards, Missouri, passed away on Monday September 23, 2024, surrounded by family. Harold was born on August 29, 1932, to Louis W. Fritter and Stella Gardner Fritter...
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William L. “Bill” Gollhofer (9/24/24)William L. “Bill” Gollhofer, age 86, Nevada, MO, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2024 at Kansas City Hospice House following a brief illness. Bill was born November 11, 1937 in Sarcoxie, MO to...
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Shirley Lee Jean Kessler Baxter (9/21/24)Shirley Lee Jean Baxter, 91, Milo, MO, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, MO. Shirley was born in Clinton, MO on January 21, 1933, to Melvin Luther and...
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Dewayne Bay (9/21/24)Dewayne Keith Bay, age 50, of Nevada, MO passed away, Tuesday, August 17, 2024, at Freeman Hospital West, in Joplin, MO. He was born September 13, 1974, in Del City, OK to Kenneth and Judy (Woods)...
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- Mayor's coffee discussion focused on dilapidated buildings
- Governance is one part of NRMC's restructuring process, but finances still a struggle
- Middle school boys offered The Man Up Initative
- Nevada Softball improves to 14-3 with win over Coc's Webb City
- Tigers Down Patriots 28-7 behind John Michael Collins’ 3 Touchdown Night
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