Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2014

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor As the Nevada Tigers basketball team made its return to Wynn Gymnasium Friday night, everyone knew it was going to be a special night as the Tigers were hosting the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs for Courtwarming Night. On top of the coronation of 2014 Courtwarming Queen Nikiya Feezell, the Tigers also played host to the induction of former Nevada High School multi-sport star Bill Jones into the school's Wall of Fame...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Keegan Bell has spent the majority of his high school career playing multiple sports for the Tigers, making a name for himself most recently as the point guard for head coach John McNeley's Tigers basketball team, playing an integral role in the Tigers' success on the court...

The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball team entered Thursday night's Tri-County Tournament championship game on a storied run that already included two upset victories. With a third, head coach Robert Miner's squad would have secured the tournament championship, but that didn't quite work out as the Tigers fell to Joplin South by a final score of 36-34, in overtime...

Cottey College athletic director and head basketball coach Dave Ketterman announced Thursday that one of his players has received national recognition the Comets haven't seen in seven years. Caley Shaffstall became the first player since Lacy (Leonard) Warren played for Ketterman in the 2007 season to earn NJCAA Division-II Player of the Week honors, for the week of Feb. ...

Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced Thursday that yet another name was added to the list of players who are planning to continue their athletic endeavors at the college level. Throughout her high school career, Nikiya Feezell has been a standout in multiple sports, most recently joining the Lady Tigers tennis team and enjoying immediate success, as well as playing a major role in the successes of the Lady Tigers basketball team. ...

When John Henry, 65, of Humansville, was a kid, buying flies for fishing cost a lot of money. He said, "Some of those flies cost as much as 25 cents apiece. I figured that I would get them a lot cheaper if I made them myself. "I first got interested in fly fishing on Bear Creek, in Polk County,by using a cane pole. There were two older men who loved to get out in a boat on Bear Creek...

Hi neighbors. Is it spring yet, or should I crawl back under my rock with Phil the groundhog? I called my daughter Thursday morning to warn her to stay home to avoid the blizzard due to hit Des Moines that day. She said she might cancel all of her classes and stay where it was safe. I know her -- she didn't...

Every day, new crimes are reported to law enforcement agencies like the Sheriff's Office. Some are cases that do not need investigating because there is enough evidence to be collected by the responding deputy, or in some cases, the incident is ongoing when the deputy arrives and the deputy witnesses some of the facts, personally...

Volunteerism and community spirit are alive and well. Rarely does a week go by that some civic, social or educational groups are not out, collecting for a worthy cause and contributing their time and effort to support and improve our towns. Groups like Rotary, the Lions, and the Soroptomists, along with a number of other community organizations and service groups, such as the Chamber of Commerce, our local downtown merchants, Beta Sigma Phi, the Association of University Women, Thalias and Dianas, the Eagles and Elks, the Masons and Shriners, just to name a few, as well as the various church, veterans and social groups, are deeply involved in making our towns a better place to live.. ...

Dear Editor: On the day we were mourning the death of our father and laying him to rest, we found that you broke into his house and stole many of the contents of his home. While the items you stole may have had little meaning to you other than their monetary value, what you have taken from us are many sentimental items, which we treasured from our childhood. These items brought back memories of our father and our childhood...

Nevada Daily Mail With seven snow days so far, the NEVC Board of Education instituted a late start policy for next school year and adjusted this year's calendar to make the days around Easter school days, at its meeting Wednesday. "I hate to do it, but its either Easter or spring break," superintendent Charles Naas said. "We get out May 23, and I can't change that."...

A trailer that was stolen early Friday morning was recovered just five hours later in Cherokee County, according to a press release by the Vernon County Sheriff's Office. Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said a deputy was dispatched to a location in the Deerfield area to take a report of a stolen trailer designed to haul vehicles...

Nevada Daily Mail Following an expensive year of heightened consumer pork prices, economists thought 2014 would be a year of cheaper pork. But a virus sweeping hog farms nationwide, including Missouri, is reducing the numbers of pigs that make it to slaughter...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Sheriff's office is working to compile the department's first annual statistics report. Sheriff Jason Mosher said the department has been working to pull information on the number of arrests, calls for service and other statistics for the last year. The final report will include information from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2013...