Stories from Wednesday, August 23, 2017

After racking up several top five finishes this year, Liberal native Broc Rose finally broke through on Saturday night at Nevada Speedway. It was Rose making a pass of Nevada’s Jaren Powrie on the final lap of the Pure Stock feature en route to victory lane...

After a season-opening 6-3 loss to Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin on Monday, the Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team bounced back — blanking the Monett Lady Cubs 9-0 in a Tuesday evening road match. Singles At No. 1 singles, Nevada senior Emma Cheaney breezed to an 8-0 victory over Tiffany Hull. Lady Tigers No. 2, junior Erika Watanabe netted an 8-2 win against Ruby Vela...

The Nevada High School cross country team got off on the right foot Tuesday evening, opening its season at the Joplin varsity-junior varsity quad. The quad was ran on a two-mile short-course. Nevada and Joplin were joined by Webb City, Carthage, McDonald County and Carl Junction...

It’s been one wild ride this summer for youth bull riding world champion J.R. Stratford. In late July and early August the Bronaugh R-7 freshman was in Abilene, Texas, competing in the 10th annual Youth Bull Riders World Finals, held at the Taylor County Expo Center...

Dr. Jason Meisenheimer, left, presents the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Mary L. “Pete” and Thomas Schmidt, naming them the Nevada Elks Lodge’s inaugural Community Champion at a meeting at the lodge’s Bingo Hall Tuesday. In order to qualify for the Lifetime Achievement Award, volunteers must complete more than 4,000 hours of work in their lifetime...