Stories from Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Ruby Joan Folkner, 89, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, at Nathan Richards Healthcare Center, in Nevada. Ruby was born Nov. 29, 1932, in Nevada, to Marion R. and Lulla E. (Carroll) Moore. She married Ralph A. Folkner on Aug. 9, 1952, in Eureka Springs, Ark., and he preceded her in death...

Richard Hart Carpenter, (known by many as Coach or Carp) of Nevada, Mo., passed away in Bentonville, Ark., on Dec. 29, 2021, after complications due to previous surgeries. Richard was born on Feb. 4, 1949, to Harold L. Carpenter and Marjorie Hart Carpenter. Richard was named after his late grandfathers, Richard B. Carpenter and Ben H. Hart...

Thomas Elmer Pyle, 93, of Nevada, Mo., went to be with his heavenly father on Dec. 31, 2021. Thomas was the seventh child born to Thomas Francis and Hattie Mable (Dixon) Pyle on May 14, 1928, in Nevada, Mo. He spent his entire life in Nevada, with the exception of two years that he spent serving in the Army as a Corporal in the Military Police, serving in the Panama Canal Zone during the Korean War...

Dr. Louis Dale Lowry, 84, formerly of Richards and Moundville, Mo., passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021, at Meadowood Senior Living in Lansdale. He was the beloved husband to Judith M. Lowry. Born March 1, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kan., he was a son of tenant farmers, the late Benjamin Louis and Ruth (Tapp) Lowry. He grew up with his sister Nancy and his brother Don...

According to the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the state’s minimum wage increased on Jan. 1 to $11.35 per hour. “Pursuant to Proposition B, which was approved by Missouri voters on November 6, 2018, the minimum wage will increase 85 cents per hour each year through 2023,” the announcement read. ...

Last night, January 4th, Nevada Basketballs Freshman, JV, and Varsity teams took on the Clinton Cardinals. The games started at 5 p.m. with the freshmen teams playing against each other. Here are the quarter to quarter wrap ups on tonight's high school action from Wynn Gymnasium. ...