Stories from Saturday, April 28, 2012

Ruby Helen Spillman, 96, formerly of Nevada, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at her home in Kansas City, Mo. She died of natural causes. Ruby was born on Jan. 1, 1916, in Nevada, to Henry Warren and Helen (Litson) Pryor. On Sept. 8, 1935, she married Edwin Wayne Spillman and resided in Nevada until moving to Lee's Summit, Mo., in 1960. They built their retirement home on Table Rock Lake in 1974 and moved to Laguna Woods, Calif., in 1983...

W.P. Adams, 80, Nevada, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Medicalodge of Nevada. He was born on Feb. 28, 1932, in Rockville, Mo., to B.C. Adams and Iva Beatrice Richardson Adams. W.P. was raised in the Rockville and Pappinville areas where he attended Prairie City School. W.P. served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He drove a truck for more than 20 years. He had lived in Nevada the past 10 years...

Nellie L. West, 92, former resident of Fort Scott, more recently of Kansas City, Mo., died Friday, April 27, 2012, at St. Luke's Medical Center on the Plaza in Kansas City. She was born Feb. 5, 1920, on the family farm near Kincaid, Kan., the youngest of 13 children born to George Russell Wiggans and Samantha Delph Wiggans. She married Elmer F. West on Nov. 4, 1955. He preceded her in death on June 29, 2007...

Ronald Clyde "Ron" Staton, 64, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, April 30, at the Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 5-6 p.m., prior to service time. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Ron Staton Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home...

Navada Brown, 65, of Schell City, Mo., died Friday, April 27, 2012, at her son's home in Rockville, Mo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, at the Schell City Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 30, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Schell City, Mo...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Area residents who want to test their trivia knowledge and help the Bourbon County Relay for Life chapter have the perfect opportunity. It will be time to dust off thinking caps when three local Relay for Life teams host "Nerd Search: Trivia Night" on Thursday, May 10, at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St...

WALKER -- A bevy of Kansas City contractors descended on Northeast Vernon County Schools here and at Schell City last Monday to renovate 83-year-old lighting, wiring, insulation and heating and cooling systems. Financed with a $171,580 loan from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the project was necessitated in August 2010 when voters rejected the R-1 District's $3.5 million plan to move the Walker junior-senior high school and Schell City elementary school into a newly constructed kindergarten through 12th grade complex between the two cities at Harwood.. ...

The Nevada Police Department reports that it has arrested a suspect, Edward L. Curtis, 56, of Nevada, in connection with an active "meth lab and associated drug sales" at a residence located in the 600 block of East Hickory Street, according to a news release...

PITTSBURG -- Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker met with officials at Pittsburg State University Friday to discuss the future of technology education in the state. DeBacker, who oversees education in public schools, said there's been more and more talk about technology education since Gov. Sam Brownback proposed his education formula in January...

Nevada Regional Medical Center will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a 4:30 p.m. May 7 ice cream and cake social and the opening of a time capsule in the front circle parking lot of the 800 S. Ash St. hospital. Retired physicians, CEO-President Judy Feuquay and others will speak after Mayor Brian Leonard proclaims May 6-12 as National Hospital Week in Nevada...

Herald-Tribune UNION, Mo. -- The season came to an end for the Cottey College softball team on Friday with two losses at the Region 16 Division II Softball Tournament. Cottey lost its opening round game 5-3 to Mineral Area College. With the season on the line, Cottey lost 10-2 in the consolation round...

Herald-Tribune BUTLER, Mo. -- The Nevada High School golf team had one final tune-up before the sectional tournament arrives. The Tigers took first place at the Butler Invitational on Friday. Nevada senior Joseph Ferry took second place at the invite with a 41. Butler's Brett Miller earned medalist honors by shooting a 38 on his home course. Also for Nevada, Keegan Bell was seventh with a 44, Elijah Solidum and Lucas Denman tied for 10th with scores of 45 and Andrew Quitno was 13th with a 46...

The Nevada High School track team competed at the Girard Invitational on Friday. The full results of the meet were unavailable at press time on Friday night. Check the Nevada Daily Mail next week for results. Nevada's Morgan Hold won the boys pole vault and Brooklyn Vincent was sixth in the girls shot put...

Nevada wins again, now 14-5