Stories from Friday, August 18, 2017

The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team traveled to Carthage on Tuesday to compete in the school’s four-team jamboree-scrimmage. The Lady Tigers were upended in all three of their matches, falling to Aurora 25-17, 25-19; Carthage ­­— 25-15, 25-18; and Joplin — 25-19, 25-20...

Missouri’s 126th Dist. JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Hundreds of thousands of tourists will make their way to Missouri next week to participate in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many of them. It is on Aug. 21 that the moon will obstruct the light of the sun to create a total solar eclipse...

The following column originally ran in the Sept. 16, 2010 edition of the Daily Mail. While I am waiting for my laundry to get done, I thought I would while away the time for a while. Since our society is letting the Internet take over these days, I thought that instead of turning to my trusted dictionary for a while, I would see what the Internet says about a much-used word...

The last time the Nevada Tiger football program posted an above .500 record was 2012, under then-head coach Wes Beachler. After a five-year absence, Beachler is back and looking to guide Nevada out of its four-year funk, in which the Tigers won just 13 games under former head coach Erik Yoakam, now the defensive coordinator at Neosho High School...

When people usually think about FFA projects, something involving livestock or other typical farming activities usually comes to mind. That is not true anymore. As farming has evolved to include other activities, so have FFA projects. Bronaugh sophomore Annabelle Morris said she first thought about doing something involving livestock, but her grandmother, Sharon Pruitt, suggested that she plant an herb garden, and after thinking about it, that is what she chose for her FFA supervised agriculture experience project for this year.. ...

Donna Mae Hulse, 74, Bronaugh, passed from this life on Aug. 18, at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott. Donna was born Sept. 14, 1942, in Sheldon, to Orville Leon and Helen Frances (Highley) Jones. On June 10, 1962, she was united in marriage to Lowell Hulse, Sr., in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 27, 2010...

Robert “Bob” Robertson, 91, of Richards, died Aug. 16, at Joplin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, in Joplin. Graveside services will be held, Saturday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m., at Newton Burial Park in Nevada under the direction of Heuser Funeral Home in Rich Hill...