Stories from Wednesday, March 22, 2023

According to Nevada City Manager Mark Mitchell, City Hall (110 S. Ash St.) will be closed to the public on Friday, March 31. The City Hall staff will be conducting in-service training and working on unfinished projects. Due to the closure residents are encouraged to plan ahead if they need to conduct city business...

Truman Elementary School held a Family Night on Monday evening, March 20, at the Ella Maxwell Performing Arts Center. The event was for students and parents. Two volunteers from the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missy Criters and Nicole Cloud, spoke to the group about the different types of owls found in Missouri...

The Nevada Tigers started their baseball season on a high note by winning two games on Monday in the Clever Tournament held in Springfield at Parkview High School. In their first game, the Tigers defeated the Fair Grove Eagles 7-4. Nevada's pitcher, Case Sanderson, pitched five innings, giving up only one hit, striking out seven, and allowing no runs, earning him the win. ...

Jeffrey Wayne Gill, 74, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Jeff was born Dec. 28, 1948, in Santa Monica, Calif. Jeff was raised in the Santa Monica, Calif., area. After joining the United States Navy at the age of 17, Jeff served in the Vietnam War and was stationed in Vietnam for 1 year and 3 months. ...

Kylee Marie Baldwin, 33, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 25, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 8 to 9 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home...

Patricia Sue Ramsell, age 79, of Independence, Mo., and formerly from Schell City, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Blue Springs, Mo. Pat was born June 16, 1943, in Buckner, Mo., to Dean Howard and Nadine Violet (Lane) Masters. On March 1, 1968, she married William “Bill” Roger Ramsell in Miami, Okla., and together they raised three children. Bill preceded her in death in 2008...

Geraldine Lois “Gerry” Prough, 94, formerly of Schell City, Mo., passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Gerry was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Kansas City, Mo., to Loyd E. and Ethel A. (Fisher) Ackerley. On March 9, 1947, she was united in marriage to Cecil H. Prough in Adrian, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Oct. 20, 2012...

Edward LeRoy Oyer, 75, Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., following a sudden illness. He was born July 22, 1947, in Nevada Mo., to Frank and Lucille (Carpenter) Oyer. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1965...