Stories from Monday, April 10, 2017

After a number of rainouts the Sheldon Panthers’ baseball team continued its excellent start to the season, defeating the Miami Eagles 3-2 on Thursday in Sheldon. The Golden Valley Vernon County Conference victory improves Sheldon to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in GVVC-play. Trailing 1-0, Sheldon plated a run in the bottom of the fourth, followed by a pair of runs in the fifth as they held on for the eventual seven-inning victory...

The Nevada Tigers were derailed by Carthage High School 5-4 Thursday in a non-conference matchup held at the Nevada High School tennis courts. Nevada (2-2-1 overall, 0-1 WCC) recorded three singles victories, as No. 2 Jace Lanham doubled up Royce Worley 8-4. At No. 5, Nevada’s Gabe Barnes dispatched Jose Castaneda 8-3, while Tigers’ No. 6 Colson Fisher toppled Elijah Paden 8-3...

CARTHAGE, Mo. –– The Nevada Tigers fell to the Monett Cubs 5-1 in the championship game of the 43rd annual Bill O’Dell Tournament. “We came up short against a quality team today,” Nevada head coach Danny Penn said of the Friday contest. “Any time you play against an opponent of Monett’s quality you know you have to bring your ‘A’ game, and unfortunately, we didn’t do that. ...

After four consecutive rained out games, the Cottey Comets’ softball team returned to the diamond for the first time since March 22, splitting a Friday afternoon twinbill with visiting Mineral Area College. The teams met up again Saturday afternoon at Vanek Family Field on the Cottey campus, as the Comets (8-12 overall) again split with Mineral Area...

Alliance Water Resources, Inc. will start the flushing of water mains on Monday, April 17, 2017. Customers within the area of the flushing and surrounding influence areas may experience some discoloration in their water if usage occurs during the flushing period...

Nevada Fire Department responded to 611 N. Washington St. on Sunday afternoon for a reported building fire. According to fire chief William Thornton, firefighters were called to the Washington Street address shortly after 2 p.m. and found a detached garage on fire. Also on fire was a second garage to the south of 611 N. Washington St...