Stories from Friday, March 1, 2019

A momentous season on the mat has not yet completely sunk in for Lotus Van Dyk. Van Dyk, a star wrestler at Nevada High School, is fresh off a history-making season as the school’s first-ever female wrestler in the girls-only division. And, oh, what a season it was for the freshman grappler. ...

According to a press release, Kansas City Power and Light Company (KCP&L) states that customers will notice a deduction from their original billing amount on their February statements. “In January 2018, the federal government reduced corporate tax rates as part of the Tax Cut & Jobs Act, which decreased the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent,” noted the press release. ...

At a Wednesday luncheon, the Vernon County Health Department announced it will be part of a major pilot project in Missouri. Tori Schulze, the department’s assistant director said, “the grant we’ve been awarded is to survey and bring positive change to three health behaviors which impact four health conditions.”...

Adeline “Angie” Mary (Strick) Stevens, 86, passed away early on Thursday morning Feb. 28, 2019, at her home in Nevada. Angie was born Aug. 25, 1932, in Kirk, Colo., to Paul Joseph and Alice Mary (Waller) Strick. Angie graduated from Kirk High School Class of 1950 and moved to Lenexa, Kan., to live with her sister Agnes and brother-in-law Orville to secure a job. ...

Kyle and Libby Koncaba of Flatonia, Texas, are blessed at the arrival of their first child, a beautiful baby girl, Emily Fay Koncaba. She was born on Feb. 6, 2019, in Austin, Texas, and weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. She is the second grandchild of Edward and Cynthia Koncaba of Flatonia and the fifth grandchild of Jim and Sheri Lewman of Weimar, Texas...