Stories from Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Pauline “Polly” Marie Pritchard, at the age of 97, passed away peacefully Dec. 20,2021. She was born on Jan. 12, 1924, in Ellsworth, Kan., to Frank and Edith Kafka. She was named after her grandmothers Marie Kafka and Pauline Socha (who also like to be called Polly)...

The Nevada City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening. Leading the night off, the council had bids to consider, followed by new business items. In consideration of bids: • Consideration of Resolution No. 1601. A bid for Water Treatment Chemicals from various vendors. ...

Sheldon’s Boys and Girls Basketball took on the Dadeville Bearcats and Lady Bearcats last night on January 4th, and we had a good matchup. Here is a wrap up quarter to quarter on what both the Boys and Girls did last night in the basketball game. Starting off the first quarter of the girls game, it was 7-1 Dadeville. ...

NEVC’s Knights Boys and Girls Basketball took on the Chilhowee Indians and Lady Indians on Tuesday, January 4th. Here is a quarter by quarter wrap up of tonight's two games. Ramping it up in the first quarter, the score was 11-7 Chilhowee. The Lady Indians had #21 Haley Lankford make a three and two point shot, #20 Lexi Miller made two two pointers, and #00 Laney Owsley made a two point shot. ...