Stories from Saturday, August 21, 2021

CARTHAGE — For a football team that is not expected to throw the ball very much this season, Nevada High School sure slung the pigskin effectively in its debut Friday night at the Carthage jamboree. The Tigers found the end zone on just their second play against Carl Junction, when junior quarterback Cade Beshore connected with junior wideout Drew Beachler on a 25-yard touchdown pass...

Betty Lou Barnes, 84, formerly of Stotesbury, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at The Meadows in Gatesville, Texas. Betty was born March 9, 1937, in Winona, Mo., to Charles and Lorene (Christensen) Denning. She was united in marriage to William Barnes on May 19, 1956, in Winona and he preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 2013...

Ruth Nadine Lemley, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Ruth was born May 5, 1939, in Quincy (Benton County), Mo., to Lea Virdie and Lula Belle (Norris) Swopes. She married John E. Bryant and to this union her four children were born. She later married George Lemley Sr. who preceded her in death in June 2008...

Joyce Elaine Myers, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Joyce was born Sept. 8, 1948, in Kansas City, Mo., to John J. and Evelyn F. (Wilson) Cain. She was united in marriage to Richard E. Myers on Sept. 21, 1972, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

Community members showed up in large numbers Thursday evening at the Ella Maxwell Performing Arts Center. The Nevada R-5 Board of Education held a special board meeting to hear public comments on a mask mandate for the first 10 days of the school year, and then re-evaluate the decision made in last week's board meeting...