Stories from Thursday, May 24, 2012

Nevada's Cory Kerbs has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Hesston College in Hesston, Kan. Kerbs is a 2102 graduate of NHS. In front, from left to right, are Deana Kerbs, Cory Kerbs, and Bobby Kerbs. In back from left, are Donna Berry (Cory's aunt), NHS Assistant Baseball Coach Danny Penn, NHS Head Coach Marty Atnip and NHS Athletic Director Kevin McKinley. Hesston is a two-year school. Kerbs was recruited to play in the outfield...

Nevada's Tanner Charles has signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Missouri Valley College. Charles graduated from NHS on Sunday. Standing in back, from left to right, are NHS Assistant Coach Josh Smith, Missouri Valley Wrestling Coach Mike Machholz, and Head NHS Wrestling Coach Devin White. ...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Nevada Griffons will begin the 2012 season on Tuesday with a home date against the Midwest Nationals at 7 p.m. at Lyons Stadium. The team will also be home on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 in MINK League action against Ozark...

Shumaker, Hold have goals set high for state

Many people drive with a box of Kleenex in their car. They want to be prepared for a case of the sniffles. Or maybe they have allergies and need a frequent nose wipe. At our home we have a box of Kleenex sitting by every easy chair, on both sides of the bed, and one in the dining area. Well, maybe they aren't Kleenexes. Sometimes they may be Puffs or even some Best Choice brand. But they are all disposable tissues...

The Nevada R-5 Board of Education voted 5-0 during a special board meeting Wednesday morning, with Steve Cubbage and Monte Smith abstaining, to appoint Dr. Phillip Witt as the new director at the Nevada Regional Technical Center. Witt replaces Teresa Stark, who resigned as director at the May board meeting...

State Rep. Barney Fisher of Horton and Sen. David Pearce of Warrensburg are happy with some aspects of the just-concluded 96th General Assembly, but there were also some very grisly omissions that left both Republicans with strong feelings of disgust...

The plans for developing a joint Elks-Nevada parks department military-themed park project at Davis Park and on Elks property are still evolving, but on Tuesday the Davis Park subcommittee of the parks board developed a preliminary drawing for the part in Davis Park...

In 1977, Mac Hornecker, already a well-known sculptor at the time, donated one of his prize winning sculptures to the Sheldon City Park to celebrate the town of his birth. At that time, Mac and his wife, Marie, with the help of family members and people of the community landscaped the area around the large steel structure with sidewalks, concrete benches and numerous flower beds and bushes...

Kyle and Erin Beisly of Nevada, Mo., and older sister, Zoey, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Korbin Dean Beisly. Korbin was born at 8:13 a.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

March 25 Jeffrey Ring was arrested for the unlawful use of a weapon. Bond is $5,000. Leroy Covery was released for time served. Cory Sheerer was released for time served. Robert Griffith was released for time served. Zackory Gilman was released for time served...