Stories from Tuesday, December 9, 2025

With heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of Lillian Penn (née Koehlmoos) at her home on December 6, 2025. Born July 21, 1929, in Nebraska, Lil was the youngest of ten children raised on her family’s farm. Lil and her late husband, Leo, moved often with their family for his career at JCPenney. In 1969, they arrived in Nevada — “the Redbud City”— and found the community they would choose as their forever home...

Linda was born April 9, 1954 to Clarence & Irene (Guss) Brooks of Hume, MO. When she was nine years old the family bought and moved to a small farm north of Nevada, MO. She attended Nevada elementary and high schools, graduated in 1972. She worked as a waitress at 54 Café and a housekeeper at the State Hospital. ...

Clyde Edward “Ed” Louvier, 74, Nevada, MO passed from this life on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO following a brief illness. Ed was born in Kansas City, MO to Bob and Louise (Black) Louvier. He married Kathy Williams on May 12, 1972 in Rich Hill, MO and she survives of the home...

NEOSHO – All three show choirs from Nevada High School and Nevada Middle School traveled to Neosho, Mo. on Nov. 1 to take part in the Neosho High School Show Choir Festival. The non-competitive festival, held for the 11th consecutive year, gave area show choirs the opportunity to perform their show for a live audience to prepare for the kick-off of the competitive season in January. ...

The Nevada Tiger men’s basketball team began their first week of the 25-26 season with a pair of victories over two old familiar foes from days gone by. While I have long maintained that the Big 8 Conference is the premier midsized school athletic conference in southwest Missouri, the Central Ozarks Conference is the undisputed large school premier conference in the region. ...