Stories from Friday, July 23, 2021

The Nevada Griffons' season may be over, but that does not mean they are done winning awards. This week, the MINK League named Nevada hurler Chase Beiter its Pitcher of the Week for his effort in one of the team's final games of the summer, a 4-0 road victory over the Joplin Outlaws...

Seven days after the sudden end of their season, the Nevada Griffons have all left town. The last remaining members of the 2021 squad — head coach Jason Jacome and assistant coach Brian Daly — hit the road to return home on Wednesday, less than one week after a player tested positive for COVID-19 and forced the Griffons Board of Directors, citing Vernon County Health Department protocols, to cancel their remaining two weeks of baseball. Some of the players drove. Most of them flew...

Nevada's Emree Cameron scored another top-3 finish on the American Junior Golf Association summer circuit this week at the Creekmoor Golf Club in Raymore. The incoming Nevada High School freshman, who was one of the youngest in the field of 24 female golfers, shot a 54-hole score of 223 (7-over-par) at the UHY Kansas City Junior Open — highlighted by a five-birdie second-round — to finish three strokes behind McKenzie Mages of Marietta, Ga., in second place and eight back of champion Julia Misemer of Overland Park, Kan.. ...

Twenty-four Missouri 4-H youth ages 14-18 have been selected by the State 4-H Council to serve this year as the first class of Missouri 4-H Ambassadors. As Missouri 4-H Ambassadors, these youth leaders will be tasked with promoting 4-H programs throughout the state. They will also help plan and facilitate Teen Conference on May 31 and June 1, 2022...

William Roy “Bill” Modlin, 59, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 26, 2021, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment with military funeral honors will follow at 12:30 p.m. in the Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan...

Dennis Lee Smith, 72, Compton Junction, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Dennis was born on May 15, 1949, in rural Vernon County, Mo., to Cecil Lee Smith and Flossie Juanita (Snead) Smith...