Stories from Friday, March 29, 2013

Thalias -- Missouri Federated Women's Club -- will once again host a "Tasting Tour" April 28, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The homes featured this spring are those of Jerry Bartlett and Leslie Carole-Bartlett at 511 West Walnut and William Hutsell at 805 West Cherry...

Thursday marked the end of a long journey -- temporary though it may be -- for Nevada resident Trey Manes. In a way, a second part of his journey, or maybe third part, is just beginning. After being paralyzed in an automobile accident in December, undergoing a 12 1/2 hour operation in St. Louis and three months of rehabilitation at Craig Rehab Hospital in Denver, Manes made the long trip home, first by flying to Kansas City and then by vehicle to Nevada...

Nevada Fire and police departments responded to a call at 220 S. Adams St. in Nevada at about 10:15 p.m. on Thursday to find a two story structure burning. Flames could be seen coming out of the west facing window on the second floor and under the eaves on the northwest corner of the house. Further details on the blaze were not available at press time. Rusty Murry/Daily Mail...

It's almost here. April, my favorite month of the year, with turkeys gobbling, fish spawning, mushrooms popping and nature coming alive. It's a great time for the outdoors people. We remember a recent April when we finished the month by picking more than 50 nice morel mushrooms after taking two big gobblers and limits of big crappie...

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Carl Junction defeated Nevada, 6-3, in a high school tennis dual Thursday at Carl Junction High School. The only win of the day in singles competition for the Tigers came when Andrei Ziabchenko won the No. 2 match, 9-8 (7-3), over Jensen Smith. Ziabchenko then teamed up with Skyler Crews to win the No. 2 doubles match, 9-7, and Skyler Laning and Anthony Do posted a dominant win at No. 3 doubles, 8-1...

CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes competed in the Carthage Invitational Thursday, and came home with a number of strong showings. Dalton Hendren placed third in the 100-yard dash with a time of 11.3 seconds and second in the 200 with a time of 22.9. ...

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- "I can honestly say, that's the first time I've played golf when there was snow on the course." The Nevada Tigers golf team and head coach Brian Leonard were on equal ground when it came to the confusion caused by the fact that when they went to Adams Pointe Golf Course for the Oak Grove Tournament Thursday and found snow on the fairways, greens and "basically, the entire course."...