Stories from Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Carol June Smith, 86 of Nevada, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at her home in Nevada. June was born on June 28, 1939 in Moundville, MO to Joseph Clinton and Edith Mae (Blackwell) Gillespie. On June 12, 1959 she was married to Obie A. Smith and he preceded her in death on December 28, 2003...

Beth Adele Hutchison, age 70, of El Dorado Springs passed away Sunday, June 29, 2025 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada with family at her side.  Beth was born on February 26, 1955 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to Charles R. Brigaman and Joan A. (Feight) Brigaman.  She was one of three daughters...

Its summertime…. and my mind drifts back to the days of the early to mid-1970s when my daily ritual was to ride my bike to the Nevada square and meet up with my childhood best friend, Danny Jones. Danny’s dad, Robert D. Jones, owned Coast to Coast Hardware (later Sentry Hardware) on the west side of the Nevada Square. ...