Stories from Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Hannah RoseMarie Lamb, 8, Sheldon, Mo., passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, as the result of an automobile accident in Pulaski County. She was born July 21, 2004, in Nevada, Mo., to Jerod Leevon Lamb and Tami Rose Smith. Hannah lived her whole life in Sheldon. ...

Daniel L. Coffman, 56, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013, at Fort Scott Manor, Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Oct. 4, 1956, in Nevada, Mo., to Dick E. Coffman and Doris L. Davenport Coffman. Dan was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1975. He worked for Katy, Frisco, and Missouri Pacific Railroads for 15 years. Dan also did custom fence building for a number of years...

The regular March meeting of the Sheldon City Council, set for Thursday, has been canceled for of a lack of a quorum. An announcement from the city said a new meeting will be set next week.

Heartland Crime Stop-pers is asking for help in locating three men wanted by the District 30 Probation and Parole Office in Nevada. Frederick Curtis, Steven Edmundson and Bradley Schnedler are described as absconders whose whereabouts are not known...

Taylor Scott had no idea when she wrote a paper on why she wanted serve as police chief for a day that she would actually get chosen. But it happened, and on Tuesday, she got a small taste of what Chief Graham Burnley and local police officers do on a daily basis...

The sequestration of federal money will have an impact on services provided by the Vernon County Senior Center in some unexpected ways, as well as some that are no surprise. One unexpected way, now has officials at the center looking for donations. It seems that coffee and tea -- staples when it comes to a social setting for many people -- are not considered food items. ...

After putting on a show for skywatchers in the southern hemisphere for the last month or so, Comet Pan-STARRS has moved into the northern hemisphere's skies and can sometimes be seen with the naked eye low in the western sky about 45 minutes after sunset. ...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets softball team has gotten the 2013 season off to a less than ideal start, but head coach Shelli Stanley's squad has all the pieces to put together a very competitive squad. The Comets started the regular spring season with a doubleheader split at North Arkansas Community College in Harrison, Ark. ...

Nevada Daily Mail In an effort to comply with Missouri State High School Activities Association rules, the Nevada Tigers golf squad has been forced to withdraw from a tournament at Oak Grove High School to open the season. The Tigers were originally scheduled to compete in the Oak Grove Tournament at Adams Pointe Golf Course on March 21, but head coach Brian Leonard told the Daily Mail in an email Wednesday morning that in order to comply with the MSHSAA 14-day practice requirement, he was forced to withdraw his squad from competition. ...