Stories from Friday, May 5, 2023

Nevada R-5 Superintendent Tyson Beshore summed it up the best about work beginning on the new Weber Elementary School that is due to be open for the 2024-2025 school year. “This is huge.” “Just the simple fact of seeing everyone’s support of the community over all the years. This is something that's going to be a great thing for our kids, our families, and our community for years and years to come.”...

Shirley Jean (Key) Winters was born Dec. 16, 1934, in Walker, Mo. Shirley passed away on May 1, 2023, in Rogue River, Ore. Shirley was the eldest of nine children born to Byron Clinton Key Sr. and Viola Anna (Balk) Key. She was raised in Walker, Mo., but has lived in Oregon and California most of her adult life...

Patrick Steven Grant Sr., 66, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, May 1, 2023, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Patrick was born July 3, 1956, in Seneca, Mo. Graveside Committal services with Military Funeral Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 8, at the National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan., with Pastor Chad Daniel officiating...

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 Kennedy D'Elia. Who is your hero? I’d have to say my dad. He taught me so much whenever I was growing up. Fishing; baseball; football; He taught me how to do all of those things...

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 Kennedy D'Elia. Who is your hero? I’d have to say my dad. He taught me so much whenever I was growing up. Fishing; baseball; football; He taught me how to do all of those things...