Stories from Friday, October 7, 2011

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA--Despite a three-set loss to Longview on Wednesday night, Cottey volleyball coach Marla Kannady Foreman said her team took a step in the right direction. "I told my players that it's nice to see them play hard, with that much determination and energy and teamwork," Foreman said. ...

The city of Nevada and Vernon County will be holding their annual fall city-county cleanup day Saturday, Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to noon. As in recent years they will be using both the Recycling Center, located at East Locust and Colorado streets, and the Public Works site on South Jefferson, Richard Brockman, building inspector, said...

The Butler chapter of the Disabled American Veterans is offering free transportation to confirmed medical appointments at the Kansas City VA Medical Center for veterans who have no other means of transportation. According to Laurence Truman of the Butler group, his chapter administers the program, but the van is based in Nevada and all veterans are eligible, not just those who are disabled...

The summer's scorching heat and scanty rains were brutal on Vernon County corn and soybeans with decreased yields resulting in lost production worth at least $56 million. Agricultural businessmen and officials said Wednesday that the corn, now 80 percent harvested and in normal years the county's top cash crop, averaged from 25 to 50 bushels per acre after a third of its 55,000 acres had been cut for animal feed or plowed up...

On Tuesday evening, the Joplin South Middle School seventh grade football team played the Nevada Tigers at Logan Field in Nevada. Number 32 for the visitors was a young man named Spencer Nicodemus. Forty-two years ago Spencer's grandfather, the late Bob Nicodemus (a member of the NHS Sports Hall of Fame), played one of the great games in Nevada Tiger history on this same field. Bob Nicodemus led Nevada to a thrilling victory over our arch rivals from Lamar, in the annual Silver Tiger game...

On Oct. 4, Pat Miller of the Vernon County Extension Office presented members of the Jerry and Carol Jean Janes family and other Franks family members a certificate recognizing that their farm has been in the same family for a little more than 100 years. The presentation took place by an historic windmill with the original, but slightly upgraded, barn in the background...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- After back-to-back road games, the Nevada High School football team is back home for week seven of the 2011 season. Nevada hosts former conference rival McDonald County tonight at Logan Field. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. and Homecoming festivities will be held before the game...

Nevada Daily Mail BOLIVAR -- Tiffani Long's four RBIs and Christian Novak's no-hitter led the Nevada High School softball team to a 5-0 win over Strafford on Thursday in a first round game of the Class 3, District 11 tournament. With the win, the Tigers will play for the district championship on Saturday at noon in Bolivar...

Herald-Tribune CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Alex Bledsoe continues to lead the way for the Nevada High School cross country team. A senior, Bledsoe took fourth place at the Carl Junction Invitational on Thursday afternoon. Bledsoe crossed the line at 17:16...

Herald-Tribune ANDERSON, Mo. --The Nevada High School volleyball teams swept host McDonald County on Thursday in Anderson. In the varsity match, visiting Nevada defeated McDonald County 25-21, 25-21. With the win, the Tigers improved 14-8 on the season...