Stories from Friday, April 30, 2021

The Bronaugh Junior High track and field team wrapped up its season Monday in El Dorado Springs, with several athletes taking home medals. Seventh-grader Wynsdae Connelly won gold in three events, including the girls discus, 100-meter hurdles, and as part of the 4x100-meter relay team along with Jada Brundridge, Ariana Solis, and Sabryna Smith. Connelly also placed second in the 100-meter dash, while Brundridge took silver in the 200...

Eighth-graders Hailey Hearting and Peyton Eaton won first-place medals at both of Nevada Middle School’s track and field meets this week. At El Dorado Springs on Monday, Hearting won the eighth-grade girls high jump, and Eaton edged out her teammate to take home gold in the eighth-grade girls triple jump. Hearting finished second in that event...

The Cottey College softball team will be the no. 2 seed out of four teams in the 2021 Association of Independent Institutions Championship beginning Thursday, May 6, in Lawrenceville, Ga. Nationally-ranked Georgia Gwinnett earned the top seed and home-field advantage thanks to a 26-win season against a tougher schedule of opponents than the Comets — who are 24-6 but had three of the country’s top-10 teams cancel on them in the month of April to squeeze in more conference contests...

Nevada High School freshman Trey Streeter picked up his first varsity singles win, and junior Evan Rea earned his 10th of the season, when the Tigers tennis team traveled to Mt. Vernon on Tuesday. Rea cruised past Mt. Vernon senior Chase Strong in no. 1 singles, 8-0, to improve his season record to 10-1...

As much as the world has changed since Danny Penn played baseball for Nevada High School, one thing remains the same: how good it feels to beat Lamar. “This game, if I’m being honest, meant a little more to me,” said Penn, who graduated in 2003 but is now the head coach of the crimson and gray Tigers, who came back to beat their longtime rival 6-4 Thursday afternoon at Lyons Stadium. ...

According to Nevada Police Department, Daniel J. Blanton, Webb City, was driving on North Ash Street when his vehicle left the roadway and struck the building at 1804 N. Ash St., Kurtz Chiropractic Office, injuring Tammy Kurtz. As of press time, the status of the driver and the cause of the incident were unavailable...

David Wayne Carpenter, 62, Deerfield, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief unexpected illness. David was born Aug. 8, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to David Walter and Wilma Lou (Wyckoff) Carpenter...

Ruth Mische, 94, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday morning, April 27, 2021, at The Groves in Independence, Mo. She was born Nov. 20, 1926, in Vernon County, the daughter of the late Dan and May Emory Mische. Ruth was a member of Nevada Church of the Nazarene and spent countless hours working in and for the church. ...