Stories from Thursday, March 24, 2011

Florence Mary Shiley-Merideth, 101, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral arrangements will be held at a later date in Yucaipa, Calif. She is survived by Leslie and Gerard Bartlett of Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Wrestling coaches wrapped up the wrestling season with the Annual Award Ceremony. Coach Devin White reviewed the season's accomplishments and gave words of praise for each of the wrestlers. White also talked about the improved season, accomplishments of each of the wrestlers and looking foward to next year. Sam Ellifritts was awarded Best Newcomer; Aaron Jenkins was awarded Most Improved; Johnathon Ireland was awarded Tiger Pit Award, and Slade Stiles was awarded Most Valuable...

Sheldon Panthers and Lady Panthers got their baseball and softball seasons under way Tuesday night when they hosted the Bronaugh Wildcats. In the first game, the Panthers fell behind early 2-0 before making a comeback and winning on a walk off single by sophomore Kasey Jones making it 4-3. Jones led the panthers offense going 2-4 with 2 of the RBIs. Junior Eric Leavell pitched the last two innings to pick up the win...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently appointed Missouri beef producer Brenda Black to a three-year term on the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion & Research Board, which oversees administration of the national Beef Checkoff Program. Black, who now lives in Deepwater, Mo., also pens an inspirational column titled "The Word's Out," which appears each Friday in the Nevada Daily Mail. ...

Federal government will reimburse 75 percent of eligible local and state emergency response and recovery expenses in 59 counties, including Vernon County.

Eight students of the Nevada Regional Technical Center Chapter of Missouri DECA: An Association of Marketing Students joined more than 1,500 high school marketing students at the annual state career development conference held March 13-15, at the Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Mo. ...

Nevada firefighters make their way back inside to address the smoldering remains of a fire that broke out in a home at 1515 N. Main, Wednesday evening. The residents, who neighbors said were a single mother and her daughter had recently moved in, but were not at home when the fire started. ...

Nevada City Council member Brian Leonard takes a look at the Nevada Fire Department's new pumper after Tuesday's council meeting. The truck was delivered to the city around 11 a.m., Tuesday.