Stories from Monday, July 24, 2017

A record breaking total of 108 cars showed up to compete Saturday night at Nevada Speedway, with the festivities dedicated to the memory of former fellow racers Monty Grice and Mike Clark. A-Mods Jon Sheets nailed down pole position, en route to a wire-to-wire feature victory, netting the Nevada native a cool $3,000 payday, the biggest speedway payout of the season. (Note: A-mod race was in honor of Grice)...

After a career spanning more than four decades, Doug Gammon of Gammon Glass is retiring at the end of the year. “I used to do this down in my basement,” Gammon said. “I’d be down there two o’clock, two thirty, three o’clock in the morning.” After graduating high school, Gammon moved to Kansas City where he worked for Hallmark Cards for a short time before he was offered a job by a family acquaintance at Hopcraft Stained Glass...

Monday’s regularly scheduled session of the finance committee of the Nevada Regional Medical Center board was postponed a day to make room for a special closed meeting of the NRMC board of directors. In part, this meeting has to do with the process stated in a new city ordinance passed on July 18...

The Nevada Griffons had an eventful weekend at Lyons Stadium, thrashing the Jefferson City Renegades 15-0 on Saturday, while also dropping a pair of games to the St. Joseph Mustangs. The weekend contests concluded the Griffons regular-season, with Nevada moving to 21-24 overall and 21-21 in MINK League play. ...