Stories from Saturday, October 13, 2018

A phenomenal season got even better for the Nevada Lady Tiger cross country team at Tuesday’s 14-team Big 8 Conference meet in Springfield. In addition to Nevada’s third-place team finish, junior Calli Beshore emerged with a gold medal in the girls 5K event, featuring 58 runners — clocking a first place time of 20.26...

Robert F. Triplett Jr., born Jan. 29, 1947, departed for glory Oct. 9, 2018. A beloved man has left this earth and we mourn for our loss. Our hearts are broken. But there is cause for celebration. We celebrate a life well lived. We celebrate in having walked life with this man, and had coffee with this brother and breakfast with this father. We celebrate his joy, his smile, his love, love, love...

Funeral services for Johnny “John” Allen Shrewsbury, 76, of Gilmer will be held at 10 a.m., today, in the chapel at McWhorter Funeral Home with Brother Marion Palmer officiating. Interment will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 15, at Moore Cemetery in Nevada, Mo. The family received friends from 6 until 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at the funeral home...

The first meeting between the schools since 2005 didn’t go as planned for the Nevada Tigers, as they dropped a 43-6 road-decision to the Lamar Tigers Friday night. The Big 8 Conference West division loss moves Nevada to 1-7 overall and 1-4 in the Big 8 West while Lamar, the consensus No. 1 ranked team in Missouri Class 2 football, improves to 8-0, 5-0 Big 8 West...

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the Vernon County Commission, Community Association of Regional Enterprises, Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission, Nevada High School FFA, and 3M Nevada worked together to build and launch a floating wetland at Katy Allen Lake in Nevada...

This year, National Newspaper Week is Oct. 7-13 and in the firm belief that now more than ever, journalism matters, we take a moment to review the rich history of newspapers in Vernon County with a special focus on the Nevada Daily Mail. The roots of this paper go back to The Daily Mail, the first of several predecessors, which was Nevada’s second daily newspaper and first hit the streets on Monday, July 9, 1883...