Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2012

Spc. Justin Michael Hueston, 22, a resident of Mapleton, Kan., died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following injuries received in a motorcycle/auto accident earlier in the day. He was born Nov. 15, 1989, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Michael R. ...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball varsity rallied to edge the Lady Eagles of Joplin High School in a road match Tuesday night in Joplin. The Lady Eagles won the opening set by a final score of 26-24, only to see Nevada come back to take the next two by the final scores of 25-23 and 25-19. ...

Nevada Daily Mail FORT SCOTT -- The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis match against the Lady Tigers of Fort Scott that was scheduled for Tuesday night was rained out. Regan Kimbrough won the only singles match that was played on the night by a final score of 8-5 and Fort Scott took all three doubles matches, but since no other singles matches were started, the match will not count on Nevada's overall season record. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Mother Nature finally gave way and allowed the Nevada Lady Tigers golf team to complete the annual Lady Tiger Invitational golf tournament at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Wednesday. Nevada finished sixth out of the eight teams in competition for the team title with a combined score of 421. Mount Vernon won the team title with a combined score of 349...

One of the earliest pictures ever made of me shows me in a baby carriage with a cat beside me. Since that day I have never been without a cat, and sometimes two or three cats, and sometimes cats and dogs both. House pets were common, but even more common were inside/outside pets that could come and go as they wished...

Nevadan Rick Culler's mantra is "everything starts from the ground up," so it makes perfect sense that he named his new gym in the 1500 block of East Wall Street The Ground Up Boxing Gym. At first sight, it's simplistic -- a three-sided building with a concrete floor, covered from the elements with corrugated aluminum and two-by-fours, all housing a massive boxing ring where Culler trains potential fighters of all ages, genders and sizes. ...

Dana Redburn, Nevada parks director, told the parks board Wednesday afternoon that finding certified lifeguards for Walton Pool is always a challenge and Redburn said that she is looking at ways to solve that problem. "I would like to offer a junior lifeguard program next summer," she said...

The city of Nevada Tourism Department and the Missouri Small Business Technology and Development Center with the University of Missouri Extension will be hosting a Customer Service class for both employees and owners of local businesses at no charge...

The Cottey College theatre department will present "The Red Velvet Cake Wars," Oct. 5-6 in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the northeast corner of Austin and Tower streets. Curtain time for the play by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten will be 8 p.m., both Friday and Saturday...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets came into competition with a chance to do something that any coach in any sport at any level would say is one of the most difficult feats to accomplish -- beat the same time three times. Wentworth Military Academy gave the Comets all they wanted in the first two meetings between the two squads, forcing a five-set shootout in the season-opening triangular at Lexington, Mo., and forcing a decisive third set at the region seeding tournament last weekend. ...