Stories from Thursday, March 14, 2013

Josh Hostetter and Kizzi Pace of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings, Blaiz Pace, and Trypp and Kyrin Hostetter, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Phelani Heather Hostetter. Maternal grandparents are Joy Moore of Nevada, Mo., and Michael Northrup of the state of California. Maternal great-grandparent is Twilia Moore of Nevada. Maternal great-great-grandparent is Velma Peterson...

The Vernon County Ambulance District will offer a free Community Emergency Response Team training course to the community, beginning Tuesday. The course will be conducted at the ambulance base at 515 E. Walnut in Nevada. The class, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 18, is free and open to the public, and all materials will be provided...

For more than 60 years, the Maxwell name was synonymous with the Nevada business community and remembered by many for years after they sold their last business and retired. That era came to an end on Feb. 19. when Ray Maxwell, the youngest of the six Maxwell boys who ran the two grocery stores, died at the age of 96...

Some county residents are not all happy with the Vernon County Commis-sion's decision to close indefinitely a bridge on Talley Bend Road near Moundville. On Tuesday, the commission -- acting on the recommendation of the Missouri Department of Transportation, voted to close the bridge known as Bridge Number 63200.5 in Center Township. The bridge is on the township line and located in section 31 of Center Township and section 1 of the Moundville Township...

Editor's Note: Students, faculty and staff from Cottey College are spending part of spring break on an educational tour of Italy. Steve Reed, Cottey's director of public information, will send a series of stories about the trip in the form of a letter to his mother. Today is Part 1...

It hasn't been a secret for many years that free agency -- which marks the official beginning of every NFL business year -- usually turns out to be more of a circus than anything else. With everything from players signing big extensions to blockbuster trades and new signings being orchestrated by owners at an often blistering pace, it can be pretty hard to keep up...

Nevada Daily Mail It's that time again. Spring sports are getting set to begin, with many events less than a week away. First to start this year will be the Knights of Northeast Vernon County High School. Baseball season will officially kick off when the Knights host Wheatland on Monday...