Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The Bronaugh Board of Aldermen met in regular session Monday evening in the community building. Beginning the meeting, Water/Wastewater Operator Derek Brown gave an update on pump issues and noted that a new alternator for the pumps would be arriving. He also added that $11.69 was spent on insulation during the recent cold spell. The board motioned, seconded, and approved covering this cost...

Editor's Note: The following is a part of the Nevada Daily Mail's "Coach Profiles" series. The Nevada Daily Mail asked Coach Blake Howarth about his career in coaching and what led him to be the Coach for the Nevada Lady Tigers Basketball team...

Loretta Jane Cherry, 86, of Nevada, passed away at the Strafford Care Center in Strafford, Mo., on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. She was born on April 24, 1936, in Nevada, and was raised by Loren and Bessie (True) Wade. Loretta was raised in the Walker area and attended Walker High School where she excelled in Basketball. She was valedictorian and graduated with the class of 1954...

Helen Faye Shutt was born in Sherwin Junction, Kan., to Charles W. Shutt and Georgianna Phillips Shutt on Feb. 2, 1919. Less than one month short of her 104th birthday, she went to her long-awaited home, Heaven, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, Mo. She was one of six children...

Mildred Mae (Leonard) Hines, age 86, passed away at 3:49 a.m., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the Community Springs Healthcare Facility, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Mildred Leonard was born on Dec. 30, 1936, to William Warner and Dorothy Mildred (Turner) Leonard at the Appleton City Hospital.  ...

William Allen Taylor, age 52, a resident of rural Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, at his home with his loved ones by his side. He was born May 14, 1970, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Richard Taylor and Lucy Garrison Taylor. Bill went to school and grew up in Fort Scott and later moved to Missouri. He did masonry work all his life...

Shirley Laverne (Batchelor) Allen, loving mother, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at the age of 82, at Nathan Richards Healthcare Center in Nevada, Mo. Shriley was born July 7, 1940, in Monroe, Ga., to Hollis G. and Leona I. (Glass) Batchelor...

Tracy Lane Beisly, 59, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at his home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Tracy was born July 4, 1963, in Nevada, to Norman D. and LaDeane A. (Bobbett) Beisly. On Nov. 22, 1985, he married Kelly S. Diggins in Nevada and she survives of the home...