Stories from Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Kenneth Clifton “K.C.” Moore, 78, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at his home in Nevada. He was born Aug. 15, 1940, on a farm three miles southwest of El Dorado Springs, Mo., to William W. and Murial B. (Johnson) Moore. K.C. started school at the age of 5 at Union Hall, a one-room school with all eight grades. ...

Daniel Lee Rocco, of Nevada, Mo., passed suddenly from this life at Cox South in Springfield, Mo., surrounded by his family on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Dan was born in Raytown, Mo., on Oct. 3, 1947, to Ralph (Deke) and Marie (Cotton) Rocco. He attended Raytown South High School, graduating in 1965...

Nevada’s City Council met in regular session on Tuesday evening with council members Ryan Watts, Blake Hertzberg, Carol Gallagher and Mayor Brian Leonard in attendance. Also present were City Manager JD Kehrman, City Attorney Bill McCaffree and City Clerk Johnna Williams. Councilman Lyndon Eberhard was absent...

On Monday evening, some seven longer-time members and one newer member of the Community Council on the Performing Arts took time to review the history of the organization and briefly consider its future. “Actually, it all started with music and a community survey,” said retired Cottey professor of theater and long-time CCPA director, set designer and board member, Alfred Fenske...

EL DORADO SPRINGS — The Nevada Tiger middle school seventh and eighth-grade basketball teams emerged with mixed results from Tuesday night's road doubleheader with El Dorado Springs. Nevada's seventh-grade team downed El DO, 32-20, while the NMS eighth-grade squad was defeated 32-27...