Stories from Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Ruth May Sitz, 96, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, Jan. 12, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab following a lengthy illness. Ruth was born on Sept. 29, 1921, in Larned, Kan., to Hugh R. Sloan and Fannie (Baxter) Sloan. She married Louis Sitz on July 7, 1938, in Russell, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1997...

Betty Jeanne Million, 88, Nevada, was born on June 2, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Basil Foote and Blanche (Baker) Foote. Betty went to be with her Lord and Savior after an extremely short illness on Jan. 12. Betty loved her family, especially her grandchildren, and she loved the Lord. ...

Glenn Ivan Francis, 90, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Jan. 12, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Glenn was born July 30, 1927, in Amoret, Mo., to Alex and Louisa Ethel (Bartlett) Francis. He was united in marriage to Ima Jean Goins on Oct. 19, 1985, in Nevada and she survives...

Herman Klotz Jr., age 83, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 13, following a brief illness. Herman was born Dec. 20, 1934, in Gorham, Kan., to Herman and Betty Klotz. He was married to Betty Jo May on Dec. 23, 1965, and she preceded him in death on May 12, 2006...

The Nevada City Council met in regular session Tuesday night at City Hall. The board heard recommendations of streets for improvements and discussed snow removal. The only item of new business was the consideration of the streets recommended by the infrastructure board for improvements through the transportation sales tax fund...

The Nevada Lady Tigers were defeated by the St. Pius X Lady Warriors, 42-36 in a key West Central Conference matchup Friday night in Kansas City. Nevada (8-4) entered the night 3-2 in West Central Conference-play, and in need of a victory in order to keep pace with the defending conference champion Lady Warriors, who came into the night 3-1 in WCC-play. The teams previously met Nov. 21 in Nevada, with St. Pius coming out on top, 41-36...

Despite being the top seed at the 36th annual Appleton City Basketball Tournament, the Hume Lady Hornets entered Saturday’s title tilt in the underdog role against the No. 3 seed and five-time defending tournament champion Rich Hill Lady Tigers. The winless drought against their arch-rival came to an end as the Lady Hornets stung Rich Hill in an entertaining 53-46 championship game victory...

Despite being the top seed at the 36th annual Appleton City Basketball Tournament, the Hume Lady Hornets entered Saturday’s title tilt in the underdog role against the No. 3 seed and five-time defending tournament champion Rich Hill Lady Tigers. The winless drought against their arch-rival came to an end as the Lady Hornets stung Rich Hill in an entertaining 53-46 championship game victory...

After dropping its opening round contest to Wheatland on Tuesday at the Lakeland Basketball Tournament, the Sheldon Panthers bounced back with a 42-41 victory over Humansville Friday, and then proceeded to knock off Ballard in the fifth-place game Saturday afternoon...

Despite being the top seed at the 36th annual Appleton City Basketball Tournament, the Hume Lady Hornets entered Saturday’s title tilt in the underdog role against the No. 3 seed and five-time defending tournament champion Rich Hill Lady Tigers. The winless drought against their arch-rival came to an end as the Lady Hornets stung Rich Hill in an entertaining 53-46 championship game victory...