Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The Nevada City Council met in a brief special session at noon on Tuesday to certify the April 2 election results and reorganize the council. Mayor Brian Leonard presented to outgoing council member Blake Hertzberg a plaque in recognition of his six years of service to the community. “Six years is a long commitment and I thank you for your service. We have had some trying issues during those six years, so I just appreciate everything you have done. Thank you very much.”...

The only two nuns of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing discover the importance of the old Roman adage “In Wine there is Truth” when secretly brewing a batch of wine to save their struggling convent. This week Drs. Ted and Candice Moore and the Community Council for the Performing Arts bring the irreverent comedy of Tom Smith’s "Drinking Habits" to Nevada’s own Fox Playhouse directed by Sam and Larry DeLaney...

Cottey Comet golfers Rachel Hancock, Ashlee Collins, and Kim Scott competed in their third event of the season, hitting the links for the William Woods Spring Invitational (April 1-2), held at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Missouri. Hancock finished with the top score of the three, carding a (36-hole) 27-over-par, 171. Hancock fired an opening-round 85, and a final-round 86. Hancock’s two-day tally placed her in a tie for 19 at the 47-player event...

Grant Miller’s dominant pitching performance was just what the doctor ordered for the Nevada Tiger baseball team. Miller, a junior, yielded just one run over seven sparkling innings of work, as Nevada defeated the visiting Seneca Indians, 3-1. Tuesday evening’s triumph at Lyons Stadium snapped the Tigers’ nine-game losing skid, moving Nevada to 1-9 overall, and 1-0 in Big 8 Conference West division-play...

The storybook start to Owen Swearingen’s prep golf career continued Monday morning, as Nevada High’s star freshman captured the Joplin Golf Foundation (JGF) Horton Smith Invitational individual crown. Swearingen has already established himself as one of the premier prep golfers in the state of Missouri, with two victories, and a runner-up finish through the first four events of the season...