Stories from Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The Cottey College volleyball team went 1-2 in the Lincoln Christian University Invitational this past weekend, but it was a big one in the win column — the team's first of the spring season. In between a 3-2 loss to the hosting Red Lions on Friday night and a 3-0 shutout at the hands of College of the Ozarks Saturday afternoon, the Comets topped Crowley's Ridge College 3-1 Saturday morning to move their record in NAIA play to 1-4...

Rain or shine, the Cottey College cross country team is ready for its postseason. The Comets wrapped up their regular season at the Columbia College Spring Fling Friday at muddy Gans Creek Park in Columbia, which received two inches of rain in the days leading up to the firing of the starting pistol...

With the McPherson Tournament rained out this past weekend, the Cottey College softball team booked a trip Friday to York, Neb., where the Comets were instead greeted by 20 mile-per-hour winds. The results were an 8-7 extra-innings loss to Hastings College and a 14-5 victory over Midland University...

Donald R. Flagor, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Don was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Deerfield, Mo., to Reuben E. and Sarah E. (Lolley) Flagor. He married Jean Hammer on June 24, 1960, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

John McNeley, Milo, Mo., died on Monday, March 15, 2021. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the First Baptist Church, in Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 19, at the First Baptist Church. Those in attendance will be asked to maintain social distancing and are asked to wear face masks to protect themselves and others...