Stories from Wednesday, August 11, 2021

The Northeast Vernon County junior high boys and girls basketball teams will get to hone their skills at a three-day camp next week before the regular season tips off later this month. Head coach Rick Calbert will conduct his camp for incoming seventh- and eighth-grade players from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Aug. 16-18 inside the NEVC gymnasium on the Walker campus...

The first day of practice for the Nevada High School football team is usually a celebrated occasion. This year, it was a solemn one. Linebackers coach Will Downing passed away Monday, the same day as the first football practice of 2021, just over two months shy of his 50th birthday...

The Vernon County Health Department recently released an update to county COVID-19 numbers. The county's total number of COVID-19 cases is now at 2,554. There have been 86 new cases and of these, 42 are still active — having decreased from last week's active cases number of 64...