Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Each year, the Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation District goes to all the schools in the county and do a soil health presentation to the third and fourth grade students. The students then get to make a poster on what they have learned. These posters are judged by a team of three area people...

Funeral service for Rosemary Blaylock, 67, of Pocola, Okla., will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 2, at Chapel in Poteau, Okla., with Elmer and Jerry officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery in Spiro, Okla., under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home...

Roberta Joyce Pratt, age 73, of Nevada, Mo., passed away, Friday, March 25, 2022, at her home. Roberta was born June 30, 1948, in Phoenix, Ariz., to Harry Henry and Doris Roberta (Kemble) Dozier. Roberta worked as a CNA in the healthcare for many years. She was married to Carl Pratt on July 22, 1991. She attended All Saints Episcopal Church and enjoyed crochet, taking care of farm animals, reading romance novels, and raising her vegetable and flower garden...

Margaret Taylor Scott, long time Nevada resident, passed away Monday, March 28, 2022, at Moore Few Care Center. She was born to Roy E. and Bertha M. (Wilson) Taylor December 29, 1929. Margaret, often known as Doty, was the fourth of five children born on the family farm. ...

Betty Ann Haley Pritchard, age 92, of Columbia, Mo., passed away on March 26, 2022. The daughter of William and Ethel Haley, Betty Ann was born on Oct. 27, 1929, in Nevada, Mo. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and graduated from Nevada High School. She attended Cottey College in Nevada and was a proud P.E.O. Betty Ann never tired of relating that she was named after a loaf of Betty Ann Bread...

After an impressive win against the Smith Cotton Tigers, the Nevada Tigers are now 2-0 when they travel to the opponents' games, and are 2-1 on the year. “Early season wins on the road are definitely not easy to come by, “ said Head Coach for the Nevada Tigers Danny Penn, “but we have had a lot of offensive success. ...