Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2022

NASCAR’s championship four is set after 500 chaotic laps around the 0.5 mile short track in the Appalachian Mountains in Martinsville, Va., Sunday afternoon, as Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, and Christopher Bell will compete for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series championship. What wasn’t expected was the chaos that surrounded the final laps of the second to last race of the season...

Trick-or-Treaters gathered in large numbers on the Nevada Square Monday afternoon to collect candy as part of Halloween Day festivities. Downtown businesses gave out candy as part of the Safe Treats Parade. Other community activities included "Treats without Tricks," hosted by the Nevada Elks Lodge and Nevada Parks and Recreation; as well as a Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by Nevada MO Cruisers...

Ronald Frank Fisk, 81, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Ron, the son of Frank S. Fisk and Mary Elizabeth Cotter Fisk, was born in Miami, Okla., on March 19, 1941. Ron moved with his family to Nevada in December of 1944. He attended Benton grade school and the former Nevada Junior High-Senior High until it burned in 1957. ...