Stories from Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Donna F. Crozier, 81, Nevada, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, at Morningside of Nevada, in Nevada, Mo. Donna was born Dec. 20, 1936, in Little Rock, Ark., to Josiah and Flora Della (Evans) Long. No services are planned. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

It will be a season of firsts for the Cottey College volleyball team, as the Comets are among the freshly minted members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Cottey is slated to compete as an independent college in year one, but plans on looking into conference affiliations in the near future...

Cheyenne Brewer, a former standout student-athlete for the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team, has joined the squad’s coaching staff in a volunteer assistant capacity. After graduating from NHS in 2015, Brewer went on to play two seasons with Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College. ...

A regular session of the City Council of Nevada was held in the council's chambers Tuesday, Aug. 21. Mayor Brian Leonard called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Council members Carol Clyde-Gallagher, Blake Hertzberg, Ryan Watts, Lyndon Eberhard, and Brian Leonard were all in attendance. City Manager JD Kehrman was absent with Chief Information Officer Mark Mitchell filling in...