Stories from Friday, January 10, 2020

While other students are busy engaged in athletic activities, or prepping for the next big Show Choir concert, a small contingent is gathered in the Nevada High media center sharpening their trivia brain via the Scholar Bowl team. The NHS Scholar Bowl squad has had a rugged start to the season, with a 2-10 overall record, but remains in high spirits...

It was a tale of two halves Thursday night at Wynn Gym as the Nevada Lady Tigers eventually blew a close game open, rolling to a 54-34 victory over Big 8 Conference foe Monett Lady Cubs. Despite struggling to a slow start this season, Monett boasts a roster featuring a pair of soon-to-be NCAA Division I track-and-field athletes — two-time state javelin champion Kaesha George, and forward Kelsey Dalton...

Donna Rose Rolando, 71, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at her home in Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born on Nov. 10, 1948, in Fort Scott, Kan., the second child to the union of Albert F. Newton and Rosie Mae (Elliott) Hardin...

Ramona Maxine Harden, 82, of Nevada, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. Ramona was born on April 10, 1937, in Nevada to Chester P. and Sadie M. (Bradley) Long. On Nov. 16, 1956, she was married to Darrell Harden and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2018. ...

Clarence Paul Kamla, 97, of Nevada, peacefully entered into rest on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Clarence was born March 29, 1922, in Winona, Kan., one of eight children of Tobias and Amelia (Rath) Kamla. Being raised on the family farm, Clarence learned the value of family, hard work and the how to fix things. ...