Stories from Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Nevada High's annual Courtwarming ceremony is slated for Friday evening, and set to take place at 6 p.m., prior to tip-off of the boys' varsity basketball contest versus Cassville at Wynn Gym. The candidates are seniors Teagan Charles, Payge Dahmer, Dacey Turner, and Makana Wilde. The Daily Mail spoke with the quartet of candidates about the upcoming event, in which the winner is determined by a school-wide vote of their fellow peers...

Logan Applegate and Dalton Gayman dropped in 20 points apiece as the Nevada Tigers administered a 33-point thrashing of the Monett Cubs Tuesday at Wynn Gym. The Big 8 Conference West division victory improves Nevada to 15-3 overall, and 3-1 Big 8 West...

Mildred Ruth Smith, 92, formerly of Vernon and Cedar counties, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Valley Falls, Kan. Mildred was born Oct. 5, 1927, in Sweet Springs, Mo., to James and Margie (Hartman) Kuntz. On May 11, 1946, she married Eldon Lee Smith in El Dorado Springs, Mo., and to this union two sons were born...