Stories from Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Nevada Middle School product Emree "M&M" Cameron displayed her endurance skills at the Fifth Annual Showdown of the Young, Old, and New — CrossFit competition, held March 7 at CrossFit Believe (gym) in Warrensburg — taking first-place at the event. CrossFit, according to Wikipedia, is "promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and a competitive fitness sport, incorporating elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strongman, and other exercises.". ...

Cottey College student Rose Sheila Atukunda has been selected for the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program (HIP). Over 600 candidates submitted applications for this year's program and Atukunda’s was one of only 20 that met or exceeded the rigorous review standards...

In a conference call coordinated by the City of Nevada Wednesday morning, community health, business, educational, faith, government, and media partners joined together to share pertinent information in regards to the local response to the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). “Our main focus of the call today is to establish a communication pipeline,” stated Interim City Manager Mark Mitchell. “To keep everyone up to date.”...

Today, Governor Mike Parson directed the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and the Missouri Department of Economic Development to seek assistance for Missouri businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan program...

Pursuant to Governor Mike Parson’s Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and a request from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Governor Parson today signed Executive Order 20-03 ordering all Missouri municipal elections previously scheduled for April 7, 2020, to be postponed to June 2, 2020...

Edward R. Baze, 67, of Independence, Mo., passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at home after a brief illness. Ed was born on Nov. 15, 1952, in Nevada, Mo., to Clay Dryden and Madge Christine (Lyons) Baze. On June 21, 1975, he was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Mary P. Headrick...

Lynn Dean Sheridan, 64, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Lynn was born Sept. 5, 1955, in Nevada, to Theodore (Ted) and Darlene (Phipps) Sheridan. Lynn graduated from Sheldon High School and attended Southern Missouri State. Lynn lived in the Nevada and Sheldon, Mo., area most of his life. In the last 30 years he owned properties in Nevada which he would rent out and work on...

Alex and Savannah Hampton, and older brother Parker Reid Hampton, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Kennedy Rae Hampton. Kennedy was born at 8 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces, and measured 21 and 3/4 inches...