Stories from Tuesday, March 25, 2014

By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail Sunny skies and cool winds from left-center field greeted players and fans, as the Cottey College Comets hosted the softball team from Saint Louis Community College Saturday afternoon, at Vanek Family Memorial Field...

Thomas Andrew Barnes Sr., 88, Walker, Mo., passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. He was born on April 17, 1925, in Strang, Okla., to J.H. Barnes and Elta (Neal) Barnes. He married Cora Imogene Newton on March 3, 1953, at Ft. Crowder, Neosho, Mo., and she preceded him in death on June 16, 2005...

Dolores Ann "Dodi" Chew, 82, Nevada, died March 24, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements to be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

The deadline to sign up for the new health insurance options made available under the Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare) is March 31, or you might have to pay a fine. Cottey College is hosting two health insurance workshops from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 27, with Get Covered America...

Carrie Poe has announced her election bid for circuit clerk of Vernon County. In her announcement, she noted she was born and raised in Vernon County, the daughter of Randy and Sally Jones. Her grandparents are the late Roy Jones and Dorothy Jones of Nevada and the late Forrest and Kathryn Dilly of Sheldon...

A Milo man was seriously injured Friday afternoon due to a single car accident. According to a Missouri Highway Patrol report, Dennis Nelson, 37, was driving eight miles east of Sheldon on Virginia Road when his truck ran off the road. The vehicle overturned, and Nelson, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the truck...

Nevada Daily Mail The Kansas Department of Corrections is looking for an inmate who was mistakenly released from the Vernon County Jail last month. Sean McKenzie, who was being held in Vernon County for theft charges, was released when charges were dropped in late February...

The first Dancing With Our Stars event, a fundraiser for various Nevada and Vernon County charities, arrives Saturday, March 29, at the Ella Maxwell Center for the Performing Arts at Nevada High School at 7 p.m. The format, similar to the uber popular event in Fort Scott of the same name, matches celebrity dancers who seek to raise funds for their favorite charity...

SHELDON -- The Sheldon Panthers baseball team opened the 2014 spring season on a high note, pounding out an 11-3 victory over the Northeast Vernon County Knights Friday, at the Panthers' home field. Junior Micah Swanson pitched the first five innings for Sheldon, recording 10 strikeouts for the win. Juniors Brandon Kirbey and Trenton Heckadon led the Panthers' offense, as they each recorded two doubles and a single...