Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Glen K. Sheets Sr., 91, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, June 17, at his home in Nevada. Glen was born April 10, 1927, in Nevada to Albro C. and Edna Mae (Kibler) Sheets. Glen was raised in Nevada and attended Nevada High School. At the age of 17, he joined the United States Marines and was stationed in Camp LeJeune during World War 2. ...

Heaven was blessed on Sunday, June 17. Leta “Fae” Shelton passed with peace and grace at her home with loved ones at her side. Fae was born on Aug. 2, 1932, to Neal “Pat” and Fannie (Ricketts) Goddard. She has one surviving sister, Alice Allen, Fort Scott. ...

The board of directors of the Long-Term Care Unit (Moore-Few and Barone Alzheimer’s Care Centers) met late Tuesday afternoon and heard about the closure of two nursing care facilities in Kansas, reviewed financial reports and approved two capital expenditures...

The Nevada Griffons and Clarinda (Iowa) A’s are extremely familiar with each other. The MINK League foes had already squared off four times through the first two weeks of the season, and again matched up Tuesday, with the A’s erasing an early six-run deficit en route to a 12-8 victory...

The Nevada Griffons vs. Clarinda A's contest originally scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at Lyons Stadium has been postponed due to area rainfall. The make-up date has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. See a future edition of the Daily Mail for all the latest on Nevada Griffons baseball...

El Dorado Springs native Craig Wood has asserted his dominance at Historic Nevada Speedway. Known to his friends as “Woody”, Wood has opened the local race season with five consecutive trips to victory lane, an extremely rare feat at the historic dirt oval...