Stories from Friday, April 28, 2023

Marybelle Rice, of Sheldon, Mo., has been making quilts for a span of approximately eight years with the intention of donating them to area veterans. Rice noted that she recently attended the Vietnam Veterans Day luncheon at the Nevada Elks and gave one quilt to Jim Overton — a veteran who served as an E4 Specialist in Phuloi, Viet Nam, from February 1969 to August 1970...

A recent partnership between a Cottey College student and the City of Nevada Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center is resulting in a new mural for community members to enjoy. Cottey Senior Mamie Watt has been working on a mural in the community center as part of her senior capstone project. ...

Steven Wayne Wheeler, 59, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, following a lengthy illness. Steve was born April 21, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., to John and Jean Marie (Todd) Wheeler. He married Linda L. Fenton on July 3, 1996, and she survives of the home...

Dennis Charles Hyder, 74, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Dennis was born May 21, 1948, in Petaluma, Calif., the son of Virgil Lee and Retta Mae (Rowland) Hyder. He married Elizabeth Nadine Clawson on May 20, 1967, in Nevada...

Editor’s note: Locker Room talk is a piece where every week the Nevada Daily Mail will interview a high school athlete and ask them a series of questions. This week's guest is Nevada High School senior Kourtnee Vestal. Who is your hero? Definitely my mom. She loves all of us kids and she puts us before herself all the time. I get my stubbornness from her, so I have to thank her for that...