Stories from Saturday, July 17, 2021

Same town. Same scores. Different results. That was how things played out for Nevada golfers Emree Cameron and Owen Swearingen this week at the Missouri Golf Association’s 2021 Junior Amateur Championship on the Posse course of the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville...

In what turned out to be the team's final game of the 2021 season, the Nevada Griffons found out Thursday night at Joe Becker Stadium that it's hard to beat the same team eight times in a row. That was where the Joplin Outlaws — whom the Griffons had beaten in all seven match-ups this season, including four times in five days heading into the contest — shut them out 8-0...

Though they ended up losing their final baseball game of the summer Thursday night in Joplin, the Nevada Griffons’ season officially ended on the bus ride home. Friday morning, one of the players who was on that bus woke up feeling ill and went to get a COVID-19 test. It came back positive. He immediately went to a different medical facility for another test to be sure, and it came back positive, as well...

Though they ended up losing their final baseball game of the summer Thursday night in Joplin, the Nevada Griffons’ season officially ended on the bus ride home. Friday morning, one of the players who was on that bus woke up feeling ill and went to get a COVID-19 test. It came back positive. He immediately went to a different medical facility for another test to be sure, and it came back positive, as well...

Mary Christine Frank, 79, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Nathan Richards Health Care in Nevada, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada, Mo. Additional information will be released at a later date by the funeral home...

Mark Edmond Williams, 66, of Nevada, died on Thursday, July 15, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date and announced by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo.