Stories from Thursday, July 6, 2017

The Nevada Neptunes swim team hit the pool over the weekend, finishing sixth at the Joplin Stingrays 12-team Invitational. Neptunes swimmer Ben Hines made waves, as the Nevada High School freshman set three new Tri-State records. Hines swam to new records in the 50 Free, 50 backstroke and the 100 Free. At the meet, Hines placed first in five events and runner-up in another...

A talented field of racing competitors showed up to Nevada Speedway on Saturday night, as the evening’s festivities were accentuated by a fireworks show, sponsored by Eddie’s Auto. — Mini Stocks ­­— Steven Bunton, of St. Joseph, found victory lane for the second week in a row. Bunton took advantage of pole position as he secured a wire-to-wire victory...

The Nevada Griffons dealt the Clarinda A’s a three-game series sweep, outscoring the MINK League North division foe by 18 runs. The Griffons opened the series Saturday night in Iowa with a 13-9 victory, and followed up with 8-0 and 8-2 victories on Sunday and Monday respectively...

Local 4-H’er Kaitlynn Vincent competed in the 2017 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship in Grand Island, Neb. the last week of June and brought home eight medals — one silver medal and seven gold medals. “I was the highest overall individual,” Vincent said...

While the Vernon County Youth Task Force normally does not meet during July and August, this year they are meeting every few weeks as they work to put together a program to strengthen parenting community-wide. The task force chair, Dr. Trisha Bridgewater, challenged the group at its last meeting by asking, “How do we help moms and dads in doing the hard work of being good parents to their children?”...

Lights for the softball field and security lights for City Hall and the fire station were the center of discussion at the Schell City Council meeting Wednesday evening. “I’d like to bring it to y’alls attention I think we need to put some security lights up out front here.” Mayor David McCubbin said...