Stories from Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Drivers can expect one-lane traffic and travel delays when a project to replace the southbound I-49 bridge over Missouri & Northern Arkansas (MNA) Railroad near Nevada begins the week of April 4, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. This bridge is included in Gov. Mike Parson’s $351 million Focus on Bridges program, which will repair or replace 250 bridges across the state...

Erlene Hendrix, 84, of Nevada, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Erlene was born on July 19, 1937, in Nevada, to Earl and Kitten Lorraine Bell. She was married to Paul Hendrix on Nov. 3, 1956, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Jan. 31, 2004...

With great sadness, we announce that Roger Lynn McKlintic, age 64, of Nevada, Missouri passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., while bravely battling COVID. Roger was born on June 4, 1957, in Neosho, Mo. He is one of four children born to the late Willard Evans McKlintic and Esther Pearl (Bennett) McKlintic. He grew up in Neosho, Mo., and graduated with the Neosho High School Class of 1975 and then attended Missouri Southern State University...

After the downpours the Vernon County area received in the past week, we finally had a home game for the Nevada Tiger Baseball team, even with a bit of a delay while waiting on the umpires. It was a scoreless ballgame until the top of the fifth with two outs when Logan Meyers got a hit off of the pitcher #14 Eli Cheaney that caused the Frontenac Raiders to score their first run of the game. ...