Stories from Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Just two games out of the All-Star break, the Nevada Griffons are back in playoff contention. The Griffons swept the first-place Joplin Outlaws 11-8 and 6-0 over the weekend at Lyons Stadium, elevating themselves from last place in the MINK League South Division standings and into third with just two weeks remaining in the regular season — at the end of which only the top three teams in each division will advance to the postseason...

Though she was in contention at several tournaments in recent weeks, competing against other golfers who were either already attending or committed to play at NCAA Division I colleges, incoming Nevada High School freshman Emree Cameron picked up her first win of the summer this past weekend at the 2021 KC Junior Match Play Championship...

The 2021 Vernon County Youth Fair kicked off Monday and will continue throughout the week. Tuesday evening, the VCYF royalty coronation will be held at 7 p.m., in the fairgrounds Pavilion. Candidates include the following: Queen Candidates Josie Banes...

Elmo Leroy Pilcher Jr., 63, Milo, Mo., passed away on Monday, June 28, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Kansas City. Leroy was born Oct. 27, 1957, in Nevada, Mo., to Elmo L. and Hedwig L. (Lehmann) Pilcher Sr. Leroy grew up in Milo and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School Class of 1975. ...