Stories from Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Sharon Ann Goodman, 67, of Gladstone, Mo., (formerly of Schell City, Mo.), the daughter of Earl P. and Wilma Jean (Wayman) Evans was born April 8, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., and passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, Mo...

Janice Kay Flint, 59, of Harwood, Mo., the daughter of Wilbur Leo and Inez Ethel (Green) McGinness was born July 9, 1953, in Clinton, Mo., and passed away at 10:45 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at her home. She grew up in Deepwater, where she attended and graduated from high school. ...

Alexis Lea Howe, two-day-old infant, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Freeman Health System, Joplin, Mo. Alexis was born on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Joplin, Mo., to Daniel Lewis Howe and Tosha Nicole Bough Howe. Alexis is survived by her parents, Daniel and Tosha Howe, of the home in Carl Junction, Mo.; one sister, Sara Howe, of the home; maternal grandparents, Christy and David Bough, Nevada, Mo.; paternal grandparents, Tom and Diane Howe, Joplin, Mo., and Beth Howe, Amsterdam, Mo.; great-grandparents, Terry Wehmeyer, Nevada, Mo., Judy Howe, Amsterdam, Mo., and Jerry Garrison, South Carolina; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail On Friday, Feb. 22, the Vernon County Sheriff's Office received information that a purple Dodge Durango had fled from Fort Scott, Kan., Police after being involved in a domestic assault in Fort Scott. The driver was reported to be traveling east on U.S. 54 Highway...

For the past year, the Nevada Animal Shelter located at 17818 S. 1400 Road has seen steady improvements in the building and housing conditions for the animals they keep. Nevada Animal Control Officer Ben Douglas said the improvements have been possible because City Manager JD Kehrman and Chief of Police Graham Burnley are willing to allocate funds to make repairs that "were needed for a long time."...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail On Courtwarming Night at Nevada High School, senior Silas Smith reached a milestone of which many high school basketball players can only dream. Just 54 seconds into the second half of the Tigers' 64-29 victory over the Mustangs of McDonald County High School, Smith hit a 10-foot jump shot that gave him a career total of exactly 1,000 points...

Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE -- The Class 4, District 12 girls' basketball tournament opened Monday evening at Carthage High School. Carl Junction defeated McDonald County by a final score of 51-35 in the first game of the night, while Carthage outscored Monett, 57-19, in the late game. Head coach Brent Bartlett's Nevada Lady Tigers earned the tournament's second seed and joined the top-seeded Webb City Lady Cardinals with a first-round bye...

Nevada Daily Mail The Osage Prairie YMCA, in Nevada, is offering spring soccer for two different age groupings -- the Bitty division for 3- to 5-year-olds and the youth division for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Early registration is scheduled for March 3, with the final registration deadline set for March 17...