Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2021

By Sarah Haney Daily Mail Editor During Tuesday evening's regular Nevada City Council meeting, Mayor George Knox read out loud a proclamation declaring May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The proclamation read, in part: Today's society is finding more citizens involved in motorcycling on the roads of our country. ...

Maxine Agnes Wallace, 95, of Nevada, Mo., passed away surrounded by family on Friday, May 14, 2021, at the Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. Maxine was born April 29, 1926, in Walker, Mo., to Eula Cherlene Hooper Short and Louis Wayne Short. She married James A. Wallace on Feb. 27, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Oct. 6, 2006...

Sharon Kay Cliffman, 68, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, May 17, 2021, at St. Lukes South, in Overland Park, Kan. Sharon was born Sept. 27, 1952, in Hoisington, Kan., to Malcome W. and Darlene “Jackie” (Jackson) Webb. Memorial services will be held at a later date...

Richard (Dick) Dean Hacker, 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Dick was born on Sep 6, 1936, in Walker Mo., to Howard and Angie (Palmer) Hacker. In June of 1983 he married Sandy (McPeak) Hacker, and she survives in the home...