Stories from Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Nevada Tigers’ junior varsity tennis team fared well at Friday’s doubles tournament hosted by Warrensburg High School. Teams were divided into four pools. Play, however, was suspended due to time and weather, according to Nevada tennis coach Clayton Wheeler...

The Nevada Lady Tigers’ basketball team, coached by Brent Bartlett, recently received the Missouri State High School Activities Association’s Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award for having a combined grade point of average of 3.47 for the 2016-17 school year...

Six errors and an inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities proved too much to overcome as the Nevada Tigers fell to the visiting Clinton Cardinals Monday, 7-4. The game, which went into extra innings, improved Clinton to 10-3 overall and 4-1 in the West Central Conference, while Nevada fell to 6-5 (2-3 WCC)...

A brief update on the turn around plan for Nevada Regional Medical Center was presented by top officials from Quorum Health Resources, the management and consulting company for NRMC. Leading the report on the Operations Improvement Plan was William Donatelli, Vice President, Western Operations and Jeff Hill, Regional Vice President, both at QHR...

Twelve Cottey College students were recognized for their community service by president Dr. Jann Weitzel during a noon ceremony at Raney Dining Hall on Monday. “In recognition of their participation in community service projects like Cross Generational Sharing, the Multi-cultural Festival and the White House Healthy Campus Challenge, twelve Cottey students have earned certification through the Missouri Campus Compact’s Semester of Service Passport program,” Cottey College president Jann Weitzel said. ...

Members of Northeast Vernon County R-1 School’s Future Farmers of America chapter spent Monday afternoon teaching elementary students in Schell City about agriculture. “Food for America is important because it introduces agriculture to elementary students that may not have grown up on a farm or ranch,” FFA chapter sponsor Ashley Winfrey said. “It provides a knowledge of where their food, fiber, and natural resources come from.”...

Two firsts occurred this school year at Bronaugh R-7; the school’s first speech and debate team and their first speech and debate team member to qualify for both state and national competition. Sophomore Gavin McNeely placed sixth in story telling and 14th in prose...

To honor and celebrate her mother, who is again is in the midst of a serious battle with breast cancer, Sydnie Baker was honored when an Arkansas chapter of the American Cancer Society offered its pink police car to be the ride to the prom for her and escort, Brent Bloom. A representative from the cancer society joined Sydnie and family in presenting flowers and words of tribute to her mother. From left: Dr. Rick Baker, Alec Baker, Cathy Beisner-Baker, Sydnie Baker and Lauren Quick.