Stories from Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Dr. Elmer C. Post, 87, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at his residence. He was born Oct. 4, 1923, in Moundville, Mo., to Eilt "Ed" Post and Anna Alvina "Winnie" Kuhlman Post. He was married on June 18, 1948, in Kansas City, Mo., to Joyce Emma Newcomb and she survives of the home...

Gladys Rose Burrous, 85, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, at her residence. She was born May 25, 1926, in La Cygne, Kan., to Samuel Terry and Bertha Kirkendall Terry. She was married to Arvil Leroy Burrous, and he preceded her in death in January of 1979...

Warren Day Hargus of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Nevada, passed away peacefully at home on Sept. 13, 2011. A memorial service will be held at the Willow Springs Funeral Home Chapel today, at 2 p.m. Warren will be laid to rest at Willow Springs City Cemetery. A memorial service will be held in Nevada at the Home Economics Building at the Fairgrounds on Sept. 21, at 2 p.m., for friends and family to share their memories of Warren and celebrate his life...

Tammy Jo Johnson, 49, Nevada, passed away Sept. 18, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, following a brief illness. She was born May 7, 1962, in Kansas City, Mo., to Bobby Gene Johnson Sr. and Barbara Jean Phillips Johnson. Tammy was born in Kansas City, Mo., but spent most of her youth in Bronaugh, Mo. She made her living primarily as a waitress, but also worked for a number of years at the State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo...

Only about 250 people turn on the lights in Bronaugh each night, but hundreds more have lived there at one time or another and many of those will return Saturday, Sept. 24, for the Annual Bronaugh Fall Festival. Sporting the individualistic muscle and glamour cars of increasingly nostalgic 20th century America, a classic car show will be staged for the first time in this historic town 15 miles south-southwest of Nevada on Missouri Route 43...

The Nevada City Council will be holding the first reading of an ordinance setting April 3 as the date for the 2012 city council election and Feb. 7, 2012, as the date for a primary if one is needed during tonight's meeting at 7 in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash Street...

State Librarian Joanne Budler and Roy Bird, director of the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas, have announced the 2011 Kansas Notable Book List, which includes a work with local ties. This year, Vermont resident Jack Mayer's book "Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project" was noted among the 15 fiction, nonfiction, adult and children's books published in 2010 by Kansas authors or about Kansas...

Child Passenger Safety Week is Sept. 18-24 .

Nevada Daily Mail PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Nevada defeated border rival Fort Scott in the third place match of the Pittsburg Invitational Volleyball Tournament on Saturday. The Tigers went 3-2 on the day for Coach Ashley Thoreson. "I was very proud of the way our team played," Thoreson said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail MONETT -- Despite the weather, the Monett Invitational Tennis Tournament was held Friday. The Nevada Tigers were among the 14 teams that competed at the tourney, which was shortened due to the rain. Nevada finished fourth in the final team standings...

Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE -- With the postseason getting closer and closer, the Nevada High School girls golf team continues to make progress. The Tigers finished fourth at the Taco Town/Carthage Invitational on Monday. Senior Morgan Turner led the way for the Tigers. Turner shot a 100 and finished tied for fifth place with Carl Junction's Paige Drummond and Ivy Borland of Carthage...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- The Cottey College women's volleyball team had all of the momentum on its side. But visiting Ozark Christian College stole it away. And the Ambassadors never relinquished it. Ozark Christian defeated Cottey 3-1 on Monday night at Hinkhouse Gymnasium, winning 25-27, 25-11, 25-18, 25-9...