Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade girls' basketball teams continued their regular-season schedules Monday night, taking back to the road to square off against Joplin South Middle School. Head coach Danny Penn's eighth graders split their doubleheader, winning the B game by a final score of 24-16, while Joplin South rebounded to take the A game, posting a dominant performance in a 38-20 victory. ...

FORT SCOTT -- The Cottey College Comets basketball team got back into action Monday night, hoping to rebound from a pair of tough losses in the Crowder Classic tournament over the weekend, taking on the Lady Greyhounds of Fort Scott Community College...

Amelia "Amy" Dana Caldwell, 89, Sheldon, Mo., went to be with her Lord, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at Freeman Health System West, in Joplin, Mo. She was born June 30, 1924, in Hamburg, Mich., to Adolph Grumelot and Amelia Butkereit Grumelot. She was united in marriage Jan. 18, 1980, to James Caldwell, and he preceded her in death...

Mallery Heldenbrand and Dylan Wilburn, of Fayetteville, N.C., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Tucker Bryce Wilburn. Tucker was born at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013, at Womack Army Medical Center, Fayetteville, N.C. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

The Vernon County University Extension Center has order forms for seedling trees and shrubs. These seedlings, grown by the Missouri Department of Conservation, are sold to persons desiring to make conservation plantings. Plantings may be made for such purposes as Christmas trees, the production of wood products, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks, erosion control, nut production or beautification...

A youth basketball program will be held at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 4 to Feb. 15, 2014, for children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The program will not meet on Jan 11...

The Nevada Parks Department will be holding a a winter dance class for children from kindergarten through third grade, Dec. 4, 5, and 6, from 5 to 6 p..m., at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. Participants will learn dance skills, stage presence and a fun wintery routine...

The Christmas Food Drive at Nevada High School is underway and will last through Friday, Dec. 13. The food items will be donated to Community Outreach to make Christmas baskets for Nevada families in need. The food items should be taken to the following teachers' classrooms: freshmen to Mrs. Diehl and Mrs. Allard, sophomores to Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Dryer, juniors to Mr. Norton and Mrs. Sudkamp, and seniors to Mrs. Prewitt and Mr. Daut...

The Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce is collecting new or gently worn coats of all sizes, to be distributed during the annual Community Outreach and the Vernon County Ambulance District Toy Giveaway. Coats are being collected at the Chamber of Commerce, 225 W Austin Blvd, Suite 200, in the lower level of Carnegie Building. Drop off is between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m...

As storms blew across the Midwest yesterday, they left a string of devastation in their path starting with some damage right here in Missouri. American Red Cross teams in southeast Missouri are currently assisting two families in the Scott County area who lost their homes, providing money for food, clothes and shelter...

By Amanda Miller Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School Renaissance program has been an important factor in encouraging students to perform to the best of their ability these past 18 years. Under the direction of Julie West and Amy Smith, the program was started to help students succeed academically and responsibly, by "setting specific guidelines and offering incentives when those standards have been met."...

Nevada Daily Mail With 52,000 miles logged so far, Vernon County remains at the forefront in the Governor's 100 Missouri Miles Challenge. "So far we have 1,370 people signed up and the challenge ends Dec. 31," said Jennifer Breedlove, a representative of Healthy Vernon County...