Stories from Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Hubert Koehn was born to Walter P. and Eva Nightingale Koehn on Oct. 6, 1948, in Burns, Kan. He peacefully passed away in his home near Metz, Mo., on May 1, 2013. Death was the result of long-term kidney failure. He grew up in the Burns community with 10 brothers and one sister. ...

Gladys Ruth Newby, 82, passed away at her home in Nevada, Friday, May 3, 2013, following a short illness. She was born on Jan. 14, 1931, in Pittsburg, Kan., to John Raymond Harden and Willa Rose Edson Harden. She was married to James "Bob" Newby on April 3, 1953, in Kansas City, Mo., and he preceded her in death on March 31, 2012...

Richard Dale Coyle, 72, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 18, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Paul V. Coyle and Doris Grace Peterson Coyle. He married Judith A. Cramer on Oct. 4, 1962, in San Bernardino, Calif., and she preceded him in death on May 13, 2007...

Joyce Arlene Maynard, 77, Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Nevada, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

A Sheldon woman was injured during a single car crash that happened about 7:15 a.m. on Highway B, about seven miles east of Sheldon, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Jeffrey S. Baird. Debbie S. Phelps, 53, received minor injuries when the westbound 1999 Ford ranger pickup truck she was driving ran off the left side of the road and went down a steep embankment...

A dozen members of the Nevada area finished the necessary training program required to become certified members of the newly formed Community Emergency Response Team on Saturday. The final step in the training process was a simulated disaster with several casualties. ...

Several state investigating agencies are offering a $5,000 reward for information concerning a March 20 fire that destroyed much of the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole office in Nevada. An investigation by the state fire marshal, Nevada police and fire departments and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms determined the fire was deliberately set...

"The difference be-tween authors and artists and other people is that authors and artists pay attention to what is going on around them," Lisa Campbell Ernst told the 193 area students taking part in the Fourth Annual Young Authors conference at Truman Elementary School Saturday afternoon...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers tennis team upset Harrisonville, 5-4, Monday, in the team portion of the Class 1, District 12 tournament. The Tigers entered the tournament with a record of 3-8. earning them the fifth seed out of five teams. That made head coach Clay Wheeler's squad an underdog in every match, right from the start, but that fact didn't seem to matter in the tournament opener as Colton Short,. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Though the rains held off for the day, course conditions were still far from ideal for the Class 3, Sectional 4 boy's golf tournament Tuesday, at Hidden Pines Country Club. The tournament was originally scheduled for Monday, but was postponed one day due to wet conditions and though the cours had improved enough by Tuesday to be playable, everyone involved still had their share of issues to battle. ...

HOLLISTER, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team scored 13 runs on 11 hits Monday and defeated Hollister, 13-3, in six innings the opening game of the 16th annual Forsyth Tournament, at Hollister High School. Taylor Manes led the Tigers offense with three hits in three at-bats, including two doubles, two walks and one stolen base. Grant Wolfe and Brett Norton added two hits apiece...