Stories from Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Both the Nevada Tiger and Lady Tiger varsity basketball teams easily dispatched bitter rival Lamar Tuesday night at Wynn Gym. The Lady Tigers kicked off the festivities with a 59-21 blowout victory, while the Tigers boys followed with a 60-48 triumph...

The Nevada High School Fine Arts Department will host a free Meet the Choirs concert Thursday evening at the Ella Maxwell Center for the Performing Arts with shows beginning at 7 p.m. "It will definitely be an evening of entertainment," vocal director Wes Morton said...

Since its inception in the late 90's the Girls' Empowerment Club has proven to be a valuable resource for Nevada Middle School students. This year's group, comprised of approximately 20 sixth-graders, meets once-a-month, providing a safe space for club members to become more educated on self-esteem issues and other topics pertinent to their daily lives, including how to be safe on social media...

Evalee Savinn Miller, 9-day-old infant daughter of Jerrold Miller and Alyssa Clark, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Evalee was the Vernon County community New Year’s Baby of 2020. Funeral services will be 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, in the Ferry Funeral Home Chapel and a private burial will follow in Moore Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until service time...

Richard M. Barrett, 95, formerly of Mound City, Mo., died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Medicalodges in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced by Chamberlain Funeral Home, Mound City, Mo.

Mary Collins Wood, 77, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo. She was born July 18, 1942, in Atlanta, Ga. No services are planned at this time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

John James Miller Jr., 54, of Nevada, Mo., passed away at Nevada Regional Hospital on Jan. 11, 2020. John was born on July 17, 1965, to John Miller Sr., and Janice (Shipp) Miller. John was a caregiver for his mother for 17 years. He was a family man who was devoted to his mother, siblings, nephews, and nieces. He was an outdoors man, who loved camping and fishing. He also loved football and was a Raiders fan for life...

Charles “Dean” Gilmore, 83, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Dean was born March 27, 1936, in Milo, Mo., to Reuben A. and Harriett M. (Fenton) Gilmore. In 1976, he married Donna Lemarr in Yuma, AZ and she survives of the home...