Stories from Saturday, April 10, 2021

Thursday evenings meeting of the City of Sheldon Board of Alderman marred by tense moments. Following the unanimous approval of an amended agenda - alderman Robert Moran added an item for discussion, the Board unanimously approved the March meeting's open and closed session minutes and unanimously approved of the treasurer's report and bills...

The Cottey College volleyball team went unbeaten in pool play at the three-team Association of Independent Institutions conference tournament Friday in Lincoln, Ill. — but the Comets will still be the No. 2 seed on Saturday and have to play No. 3 Crowley's Ridge for a chance to battle No. 1 Lincoln Christian in the championship match...

Sheldon High School's Kim Colbert seems to set a new record every time she steps on the track. At the Stockton Invitational on Tuesday, Colbert broke the school record in the 100-meter hurdles for the third time this season — and finished in second place ­ — before setting school's best mark in the 300-meter hurdles for the second time (she finished third in that event)...

CARTHAGE — Following his team’s first loss of the season on Thursday, Nevada High School head baseball coach Danny Penn was anxious to see if his Tigers could right the ship on Friday. Although a 3-1 victory over Seneca to earn third place in the Bill O’Dell Tournament may not have charted a direct course for the land of future state champions, it was enough to turn the ship’s wheel in a direction that met the skipper’s satisfaction...