Stories from Friday, October 21, 2011

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada High School softball team went 21-6 this season for Head Coach Tammy Holcomb and Assistant Coach Ryan Talley. And one look at the season statistics shows that the Tigers got nice contributions from its entire lineup...

Lewis Joe Rayburn, 57, Nevada, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 17, 2011, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 25, 1954, in Humansville, Mo., to Billy Joe Rayburn and Doris June Wooldridge Rayburn. He married Kathy L. Wilson on July 10, 1971, in Horton, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Meghan and Dustin Robbins of Adrian, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Libbi Ann Michelle Robbins. Libbi was born at 5:53 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at Menorah Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. She weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 18 inches...

Maggie Crawford and Jack England of Pittsburg, Kan., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jude Elias England. Jude was born at 2:28 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at St. John's hospital, Joplin, Mo. He weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 20 inches...

The Nevada R-5 Board of Education has been evaluating the future needs of the district and during Wednesday's board meeting they started to look at specific projects to meet those needs. They will continue that process during a work session at 7 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27...

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Thursday that Highway 123 at the Stockton Lake Bridge near Aldrich will be closed for up to 24 hours beginning at 8 a.m., Thursday. Oct. 27 while workers repair a section of the bridge deck. The bridge deck was replaced earlier this year as part of MoDOT's Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement. The repairs will be made at the contractor's expense...

Teaching a young person to drive can be stressful to both the parent teaching and the teenager learning. But, the experience doesn't have to be negative. Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to share some helpful tips with parents and teenagers as they experience "driver education"...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has announced her certification of a state constitutional amendment initiative petition to decide if an income tax credit should be allowed for 60 percent of the contributions or donations made by individuals or corporations to public schools, colleges, universities and other entities...

Work continues on the replacement of the culvert on South Spring Street. City workers will put these concrete culverts in the drainage ditch and then fill in around them. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed next week.

Mary Wille came to Nevada Regional Medical Center as a volunteer social worker after college graduation 24 years ago and reached a milestone as the hospital's recipient of its "2011 Employee Award of Excellence." Recognized at the Sixth Annual NRMC Foundation Gala Oct. 8, Wille said she enjoys her work because it enables her to return the consideration that others have given her...