Stories from Friday, March 22, 2019

Nevada’s Fire Department received kudos from the city council on Tuesday for their reported three minute and thirty-eight second average response time to calls within the city limits. Fire Chief Bill Thornton said later that the department is required to meet the standard time of between three and five minutes from the time they are notified of the alarm...

William C. (Cunningham) Phelps, the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, passed away in Houston, Texas, March 19, 2019, following a short illness.  Phelps was elected Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1972, serving under Governors Christopher S. (Kit) Bond and Joseph (Joe) Teasdale, 1973-1981...

Led by star freshman Owen Swearingen, the Nevada Tiger golf team opened its 2019 campaign Thursday with a strong showing at the Neosho Tournament. Thursday’s season-opener was accentuated by Swearingen’s first-place individual finish. See second part of story for additional details...

The Nevada High School track-and-field team boasts robust numbers, with a combined 84 student-athletes out between the boys’ and girls’ teams. Nevada opens its season today, with its lone home invitational slated for 3:15 p.m. at Larry Testman Track...

Still trying to find their groove at the dish, the Nevada Tigers stranded a dozen runners in Thursday’s 8-1 non-conference road loss to the Joplin Eagles. Nevada starter Peyton Denney yielded a pair of runs in the opening frame, and another in the fifth. Joplin then broke the contest open in the sixth, plating five runs, and increasing their advantage to 8-0...

Area schools Sheldon, Bronaugh, Northeast Vernon County, and Hume opened their respective baseball and softball seasons earlier the week, with mixed results. Sheldon baseball was upended in their opener Tuesday, a 23-11 non-conference home loss to Dadeville. Sheldon senior Jason Leavell got in on the offensive fireworks, mashing a fifth inning grand slam high over the left-center field wall...