Stories from Tuesday, October 18, 2011

On Oct. 14, Nevada police officers received information that developed into an operation to apprehend a wanted fugitive at 640 N. Hoffman St. in Nevada, Mo., according to a press release issued by the Nevada Police Department. The investigation resulted in the arrest of Dillon Reed, 22, of Nevada and the seizure of suspected drugs and related drug paraphernalia...

The Sheldon Afterschool Program will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m., in the school cafeteria. The rally will be one of more than 7,500 such events around the nation that day, the 11th annual Lights On Afterschool, organized by the Afterschool Alliance. ...

The Nevada City Council will hold the first reading of a special ordinance to accept a three-year COPS Hiring Grant of about $140,000. The grant will pay for the city to employ a police officer for three years, with the caveat that the city will continue to employ the officer for a fourth year at the city's expense...

Cottey College, Nevada, will host its Eighth Annual Women's College Fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The Women's College Fair provides a forum that promotes outstanding educational opportunities for young women...

Two passengers in a 1999 Yukon were hurt when the vehicle ran off the roadway on a curve and overturned. The Yukon, driven by 54-year-old Jerry A. Coonts of El Dorado Springs, was traveling east on Highway K, 8 miles east of Nevada when the crash occurred, according to a report from the Missouri Highway State Patrol...

Seventeen-year-old Tailer L. Manos suffered serious injuries when he fell off the bumper of a vehicle into the roadway along Missouri Highway 43 in Bronaugh. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Manos was riding on the rear bumper of a 1997 Ford Explorer driven by a 16-year-old youth from El Dorado Springs at 9:40 p.m., Saturday. ...

A Pennsylvania man was hurt when his 2004 Freightliner overturned on Highway K, 1 mile south of Dederick, early Monday. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 56-year-old Jack Eaken, of Hollidaysberg, Pa., was driving the truck northbound on Highway K at 12:10 a.m., Monday, when the vehicle ran off the roadway and overturned. Eaken suffered serious injuries and was transported to Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada...

Kevin Turner decided it was time to make his own luck. It's been a rough year for the Webb City man, who had to change jobs after the Joplin tornado wiped out his former business. So Turner bought a book about winning the lottery and used a system to generate the winning ticket for the $179,000 Show Me Cash jackpot on Oct. 5...

Galen Gazaway of the 4-H Council of Vernon County presents one of two Friend of 4-H awards to Julie Righter, publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail. The 4-H council chose the Nevada Daily Mail and KNEM/KNMO Radio as this year's recipients during the 4-H Recognition Night held in the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 8. Gazaway said the media outlets were selected for the award because of their long traditions of supporting the youth program...

Nevada Area Habitat for Humanity board members, workers, family members and the new homeowner of the 13th Habitat for Humanity home to be built in Nevada, gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony at a location in the 500 block of East Lee Street on Monday. ...

Patty Lee Heckadon, 83, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Mercy Health System, Fort Scott, following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 11, 1928, in Metz, Mo., to Thomas B. Handley Sr. and Gladess Olage Killion Handley. She married John H. Heckadon on Jan. 24, 1947, in Pleasanton, Kan., and he preceded her in death on April 14, 2007...

Jacquelyn Ann Owens died Oct. 6, 2011. She was born Oct. 11, 1958. A celebration of life will be held at Unity Village, Fillmore Chapel, today, Oct. 18, at 1:30 p.m. Arrangements are made by the Cremation Society of Kansas and Missouri, (913) 383-9888...

Ida Louise Lasley, 89, Frontenac, Kan., died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Sunset Manor in Frontenac. She was born May 1, 1922, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Maupin L. Jennings and Mary H. Remer Jennings. Memorial service and family information will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

Lewis Joe Rayburn, 57, Nevada, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- Sam Pierce and Erica Wagenknecht were honored before Cottey College's date with Baptist Bible College on Friday night at Hinkhouse Gymnasium. And once the action began, Pierce and Wagenknecht led the way as the Comets earned a 25-15, 25-18, 26-24 win...

Sullivan knocks off Nevada 6-2 in state quarterfinals, bid for repeat falls short

Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- From the moment the 2011 softball season began, the Nevada Tigers had a huge target on their collective backs. That comes with defending a state title. After a historic and record-setting 2010 season in which the Tigers reached new heights in winning a state title, the 2011 team returned a solid core from that championship squad...

Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- A change of venue didn't seem to bother the Nevada High School volleyball team. Playing at Nevada Middle School because of a leaky roof at NHS, the host Tigers breezed past visiting Lamar in two quick sets, winning 25-10, 25-15 on Monday night...