Stories from Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Howard “Jack” Hayes, 87, passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at his home in Nevada, Mo., after a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his family, including his six sons. He was born June 29, 1931, in Louisburg, Kan., to Sam and Madge (Smith) Hayes. He married his high school sweetheart, Marian Conley, on June 9, 1951, in Long Beach, Calif., just before he was deployed to the Korean War...

Patricia Colleen Current, 65, of St. Joseph, Mo., passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, after a lengthy illness and recent hospitalization. She was born on Nov. 3, 1952, to Robert Burl and Elizabeth Lorraine (Roberts) Current in Nevada, Mo. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Nevada...

Marvin Eugene Ford, Jr., 59, a longtime resident of Sheldon, Mo., peacefully left this earth at his home with a friend at his side on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Junior. was baptized in his home on April 20, 2018. He was born Marvin Eugene Hunley and later adopted by his loving father, Cletus Gene Ford, at the age of eight...

Frank Denham Sumpter, 70, Nevada, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2018, at his home in Nevada. Private family services will be schedueled at a later date. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

The Nevada Lady Tiger spikers sent Big 8 Conference West division foe Lamar packing, in a quick two-set match Tuesday night at Wynn Gym. Nevada (17-6, 4-0 Big 8 West) downed the visitors 25-18 in the first, and then breezed to a 25-13 second victory...

They’re baaaaack! This time the Futrelle Sisters, Frankie (Samantha Hartman), Honey Raye (Bobbie Lou Barber), Twink (Sam DeLaney), and Rhonda Lynn (Ricci Wood), take on problems larger than themselves -- their dying town of Fayro, Texas -- and attempt to stage a town festival in only four days to impress a salsa manufacturing plant looking to relocate somewhere that’s green and cheap in Texas...

On an overcast Friday morning, local Master Gardeners Kathleen Kedigh, Margaretha Koehn and Rosemary Noel stood in the parking area at the entryway to Radio Springs Park and described the story of the western hillside they are transforming. It began with a call by Kedigh in the spring of 2015...

A meeting of the MU Extension council was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Chairman Brian Claspill on Monday. The September minutes were approved and finances were reviewed. David Black, county engagement specialist in agriculture-business, distributed and discussed with the council a handout listing the different classes of extension council funds in order to better understand how to read the budget reports...