Stories from Tuesday, April 13, 2021

After an unexpected hiatus for the final two weeks of March, the Cottey College volleyball team has refused to lose so far in April. So much so that the Comets will be heading to their first-ever NAIA National Championship this weekend. Following a tune-up sweep over Kansas Christian College inside the Hinkhouse Center last Monday, Cottey shocked conference foes Crowley's Ridge and Lincoln Christian with a 4-0 performance in the Association of Independent Institutions' tournament over the weekend in Lincoln, Ill.. ...

JOPLIN — When the final scores of the Horton Smith Invitational were posted on the side of the clubhouse at Schifferdecker Golf Course Monday, Owen Swearingen’s 5-over-par 76 did not have an exclamation point after it. No matter. The Nevada High School junior punctuated his tournament-winning round all by himself...

Wanda S. Kannady, 86, Sheldon, Mo., died on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 19, at First Baptist Church in Nevada. Memorials are suggested to the Choir/Music Department of First Baptist Church in care of Ferry Funeral Home...