Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cottey has just two returners, 10 new faces

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School Athletic Hall of Fame will have two more additions in the near future. NHS Athletic Director Kevin McKinley said Lisa Pendrak and Danny Penn have been selected to the 2012 induction class. Both individuals will be inducted at halftime of the February 4 NHS boys basketball game...

State cross country recap

Kyle and Claire Hooe of Fort Lewis, Wash., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Carter William Hooe. Carter was born at 8:12 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at Madigan Army Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/4 inches...

Oct. 22 Martin Hallam was arrested for DWI. Bond is $10,000. Robert Vance was arrested for DWI. Bond is $593. Kaleb Wilson was arrested for DWI. Bond is $350. Lisa Mathers was arrested for possession of narcotics and theft/stealing. No bond. John Robison was arrested for DWI. Bond is $350...

The Cottey College Department of Theatre will present "The Anastasia Trials in a Court of Women" on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12, at 8 o'clock each evening, in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. "The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women" makes theatre history with an interactive courtroom drama that engages the female members of the audience to serve as both judge and jury. ...

The holidays are fast approaching, and the annual Miss Merry Christmas Pageant will soon be here. The Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking candidates for the Miss Merry Christmas Pageant. A winner is selected in each of four age divisions: Miss Candy Cane, for girls in kindergarten through second grade; Miss Snowflake, for girls in grades 3-5; Miss Holly, for girls in grades 6-8; and Miss Merry Christmas, for girls in grades 9-12...

The Nevada Planning Commission voted 7-1, with Janet Wray casting the lone dissenting vote, to recommend denial of a request to rezone property at 1415 N. Osage from M-1, light industrial, to M-2, heavy industrial, that would accommodate a proposed facility for building prototype wind turbines on the site. ...

The thunderstorm that doused bone dry Vernon County with two to five inches of rain Monday and Tuesday, delaying the nearly completed soybean harvest, was well-timed for some, replenishing ponds and boosting the recently planted winter wheat crop. Noting the showers were most generous west of Nevada along U.S. ...

Representatives of Missouri Eagle Distribution of Nevada and members of the Milo Rural Volunteer Fire Department stand in front of the 1993 Ford F700 truck that Missouri Eagle donated to the department. The donated truck will be used as a rescue vehicle. ...