Stories from Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Thanks to another winter storm sweeping across the area over the weekend, a number of Vernon County sporting events have been postponed. The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams were the first to feel the sting of the latest batch of winter weather, as they were both scheduled to be in action Monday night. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor June 2013 opened the same way a number of summers do around the area, with rain showers that put a significant damper on the beginning of the season for the area's summer baseball teams. Both the Nevada Griffons and Red Sox were forced to wait out a number of early-season rain showers that shook up the schedules...

Lloyd L. Spillman, 89, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. He was born on Feb. 4, 1924, in Metz, Mo., to Carl and Lenora (Wilson) Spillman. Lloyd was raised in Metz where he met his high school sweetheart, Iva Lorene Adams, and married her on June 21, 1943, and she survives of the home...

Nelda Noreen Chapman, 82, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Jan. 4, 2014, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 23, 1931, in Nevada, to Darrell S. and Sarah Belle (Wilson) Maxwell. She grew up in Milo and graduated from Nevada High School in 1948...

Shaun M. Bean, 52, Liberal, Mo., died Jan 2, 2014. Services will be held at 2 p.m., today, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home Chapel, Lamar, Mo. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m., prior to the service. Burial will be in Lake Cemetery, Lamar, Mo...

Martha Lee Moore, 76, passed away Jan. 5, 2014, at her home in Moundville, Mo. She was born Feb. 4, 1937, in Dederick, Mo., to Byron Clinton and Viola Anna (Balk) Key. Martha grew up in the Ketterman area and graduated from Walker High School in 1955. ...

Florence Earlene Millstead, 87, of Nevada, Mo., passed away at her residence on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 26, 1926, in Sheldon, Mo., to Earl Reeves Cliffman and Alberta Duncan Cliffman. She married Walt M. Millstead on Dec. 3, 1965, and he survives of the home...

A Pleasanton, Kan. man has been arrested following an investigation by Nevada Police officers following an incident involving an alleged threat with a shotgun. Nevada Police concluded an investigation into a felony weapons violation that occurred during the evening of Sunday, Jan. 5,, on Surrey Lane...

Nevada Daily Mail Vicki McKinney joined the Schell City Board of Aldermen to fill in for the remainder of alderman Ken McCoy's term at its meeting Jan. 1. After approval by the aldermen, McKinney was given the oath of office and she became North Ward alderman...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Council will be considering a contract an ordinance accepting a grant to hire an additional police officer detective for a 24-month period. The grant requires a 25 percent match by the city of Nevada. The council will also be considering amending the city code to permit electric fences for agricultural education programs. The current regulations do not allow electric fences...