Stories from Friday, June 12, 2020

During Wednesday's regular monthly meeting, the Sheldon R-8 Board of Education touched on summer school protocols in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, Superintendent Jason Irwin said 80 to 85 students would need to be enrolled in order for the district to hold summer school. The number of officially enrolled students is 83 — with 63 elementary school, 11 high school, and nine junior high students attending. The summer session runs from June 1-18...

The Nevada Daily Mail sat down with City of Nevada Treasurer Kristie Modlin and Interim City Manager Mark Mitchell Thursday to discuss the city's financials. With the COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019) global pandemic altering the way the city and local businesses operate and conducts business, the effects of the economic shift on the city's funds were discussed...

The past five years have been a long, adversity-filled road for longtime community member Jamie Alexander and his family. Alexander, who has been a member of the Nevada High School and middle school football coaching staff at various junctures since the mid-90s, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2015. ...

Things couldn't have gone much better for the Kansas City Royals in Wednesday's 2020 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Selecting fourth overall in the first round, Kansas City nabbed hard-throwing Texas A&M southpaw Asa Lacy, considered by most the top pitching prospect in the draft...