Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A free-of-charge Covid-19 testing site is available to the general public Friday and Saturday in Springfield. According to a recent Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) press release, Missouri residency is the lone requirement, and individuals do not have to reside in the county where the testing is taking place. Additionally, persons do not have to be exhibiting symptoms in order to receive the free testing...

Governor Mike Parson over the weekend signed Executive Order 20-11 to declare that a State of Emergency exists in Missouri due to civil unrest. The Missouri National Guard and the Missouri Highway Patrol stand ready to support local authorities. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of George Floyd. ...

Hello, I'm writing in support of protests in Nevada supporting Black Lives Matter. Black people continue to lose their lives at an alarming rate in our country, at the hands of racial, social, and economic injustice. As Desmond Tutu said- " If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."...

I grew up in Nevada and am heartened and inspired to hear that Lucas Conner, a 17-year-old Nevadan, is organizing a peaceful Standing for Minorities Rally in my hometown. I am saddened and upset by continued systemic racism in our country, yet I have been hesitant about what to do. ...

To the Editor of the Nevada Daily Mail: The world is a scary place right now: we are grappling with almost 30,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in New York State and another 800 in Missouri. At the same time, protesters are filling the streets of our largest cities to demand a proportionate response to yet another black person who was killed while begging for his life. ...

To the editor of the Nevada Daily Mail: I am writing this to express my pride for and support of the young people in our community who have organized a peaceful protest to stand alongside marginalized Nevadans and other minority populations in our country...

Dear Editor of the Nevada Daily Mail, I am writing in support of the Standing for Minorities Rally being held in Nevada, MO on Wednesday, June 3rd. As someone who was born and grew up in Nevada and now lives in San Francisco, I continue to value my small town upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my family and the many, many Nevada educators and community members who contributed to who I am today. ...

Scott Hillier and Elisha (Ellis) Madsen have brought to my attention the planned peaceful protest to happen in Nevada in Wednesday. They also told me some people were less than thrilled this has been organized, but I was hoping to lend some support for my hometown, even when unable to be there...

Dear Editor, I was born and grew up in Nevada, Missouri. When I shared my hometown with my friends in college and later as an adult, I spoke of our close knit community, the pride we felt for our schools and Cottey College, and the grass roots celebrations and traditions that—while maybe trivial to someone outside of Nevada—strengthened the bonds between community members and friends. ...

Gillian Curry, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Cox Barton County Hospital, in Lamar. Gillian was born March 4, 1948, in Ipswich, England, to John and Evelyn M. (Mason) Bowman. On April 29, 1985, she was united in marriage to Donald Curry in Great Yarmouth, England, and he survives of the home...

Barbara Ruth Doolittle, 86 of Nevada, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020, at Medicalodges of Nevada. She was born on May 31, 1933, in Hudson, N.Y., to William and Ruth (Wallace) Hale. She was married to Charles E. Doolittle on Nov. 29, 1966, in Wooster, Ohio. After 50 plus years together he preceded her in death in April 2018...