Stories from Friday, February 19, 2021

The final days of the winter sports regular season are supposed to be most stressful for the coaches and players — not athletic directors. That hasn't been the case this year, with another significant amount of snowfall in the middle of the week forcing more postponements and cancellations of area high school basketball games...

Cottey College's Lacey Cruz has another award to add to her proverbial trophy case — assuming there's still room. After pitching the softball program's first-ever perfect game in a season-opening shutout against the University of Saint Mary on Feb. 5, the sophomore hurler was named the Association of Independent Institutions' Softball Pitcher of the Week...

For the first time in several years, Nevada High School girls swimming and diving coach Samantha Short did not qualify a swimmer for state. Thanks to junior diver Laura Kimmell, Short will still be making a trip. “I hated that my swimmers didn’t make it. ...

Peyton Mann and Aaron Ogle, of Springfield, Mo., are pleased to announce their engagement. Peyton is the daughter of David and Kathy Mann, of Springfield, Mo., and is a 2013 graduate of West Plains High School. She graduated and received her master's degree in social work from Missouri State University in 2019. She now works for Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar, Mo...

Timothy Stephen Rosser, our beloved brother, passed away from throat cancer on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. He was born September 26, 1961 in Washington, DC and was the fourth child of John Linten Rosser and Teresa Green Rosser. Tim leaves behind his daughter, Jennifer Rosser (Joshua Pierce); three brothers and two sisters, Loretta Rosser Dhanagom (Cheverly MD)., Mark (Kathy) Rosser (Milo, MO), Dennis (Eden) Rosser (Olathe, KS), Maria Rosser (Bill) Rooney (Leawood, KS) and Chris (Jijie) Rosser of Cortland, OH; along with 13 nieces and nephews. ...