Stories from Wednesday, October 6, 2021

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat Seneca on the road Monday, 34-26. Quarterback Gabe Smith put the Tigers on the board with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Longobardi in the first quarter (Tucker Duncan ran in the two-point conversion)...

The Nevada High School volleyball team left Monett Tuesday evening with a clean sweep. The Lady Tigers varsity squad held off the Lady Cubs' comeback bid in the third set for a 25-16, 25-11, 25-22 victory. Emma Leisure recorded 17 digs and four aces, Kyrsten Owen added 18 assists, and Trinity Gayman had eight kills and four blocks...

Along with Nevada Regional Medical Center and support from Heartland Behavioral Health Services, the Nevada High School softball team, will host a Strike Out Cancer Night at its varsity game against Carl Junction Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field...

Tuesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field was a long time coming for Nevada High School senior softball player Jerica Collins. After three years on the junior varsity team, then seeing limited action through the first two dozen varsity games this season, Collins finally got to start at second base for the Lady Tigers on senior night...

CARTHAGE — When the Nevada High School girls golfers returned to the Carthage Golf Course clubhouse after finishing their rounds at the Big 8 Conference tournament on Tuesday, there were not many happy faces. After the Lady Tigers found out two of them had earned all-conference medals and they placed second as a team, they were all smiles...

The Nevada City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m., Tuesday evening. With two council members absent (Lyndon Eberhard and Richard Brockman), the council began its meeting. The public portion of the meeting was brief — due to a short agenda — and adjourned at 7:14 p.m...

Harlon Eugene “Duff” Cole, 70, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at his home in Nevada following a brief illness. Duff was born Oct. 31, 1950, in Kansas City, Mo., to Wayman E. and Mary L. (Burger) Cole. He married Joyce Wiggins on April 14, 1972, in Raytown, Mo., and she survives of the home...

John Earl Knox, 78, Nixa, Mo., passed away on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, at Sun Terra Springs in Springfield, Mo. John was born Dec. 5, 1942, in Pineville, Mo., to Chester Oliver and Elnora Mildred (Lewis) Knox. John married Pamela Sue Dies in Eureka Springs, Ark., on Nov. 2, 2015. He was an auto salesman and enjoyed buying and selling at flea markets. John was a Christian, he enjoyed traveling and meeting people...

Leonard Eugene Braun, 83, resident of Joplin, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin. He was born on Dec. 29, 1937, in Ness City, Kan., the son of Fred and Elma Jane Foos Braun. Leonard graduated from Ness City high school. He married Wilma Whitaker on July 17, 1963, in Leoti, Kan. She preceded him in death on Jan. 29, 2013...

Mary M. Dahmer, 94, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Additional obituary information will be announced at a later time by Ferry Funeral Home...