Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2003

The two men work for different law enforcement agencies and their constituencies are different, but Dan Miller and Pat McCarty have a lot in common. Miller is a deputy with the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and McCarty is a police officer with the Nevada Police Department. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Rural communities face many challenges as they seek to strike a balance between preserving the attributes of "small-town living" with the need to create an economic strategy to compete in our national and global economies. ...

A man in the Milo area recently suffered a heart attack and died -- with the help of a public safety official less than one-half mile away that could not be summoned because he could not be reached by radio.A sheriff's deputy's only means of calling for help is the portable radio when the deputy's away from the car. ...

Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade volleyball teams remained undefeated with victories over Carthage on Tuesday. The "A" team (4-0) needed three games, but disposed of Carthage in dominating fashion with a 15-6 match winner. ...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- A talented Seneca golf team romped over the Nevada Tigers at Loma Linda Country Club on Tuesday. Seneca, a ninth-place finisher in the state Class 1 championships last season, carded a team score of 208 to 254 for Nevada. ...

Nevada Daily Mail ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada varsity volleyball team fell just short in a thriller at McDonald County on Tuesday. The Tigers (2-4-1, 1-1) dropped their first Southwest Conference match -- 17-25, 25-20, 25-27 -- in a to-the-wire battle with the Mustangs. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The string is broken. The Nevada Lady Tiger tennis team suffered its first Southwest Conference loss in ten years -- since 1994. Neosho tripped the Tigers, 5-4, in a wind-blown match at the Nevada courts on Wednesday. "You have to give Neosho credit," said Nevada coach Dennis Pendrak. ...