Stories from Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Evea M. Jordan, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, May 30, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 17, 1929, in Nevada, to John Aaron Folkner and Evealine Elizabeth Key Folkner. She married Harold Lee Jordan on Aug. 20, 1949, and he preceded her in death in 1965...

Bro. Larry Lee Brown, 59, of Walker, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014, at his home. He was born July 18, 1954, in Nevada, the son of Charles Raymond and Virginia Mary Jane (Danley) Brown. Larry attended school in Walker, graduating with the Class of 1972. On Dec. 15, 2000, he was united in marriage to Barbara Elaine (Poe) and she survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD -- Fifteen El Dorado Christian athletes competed in the 13th annual National Christian Home School Track Championships on May 9 and 10, at JKF Stadium. Nearly 900 athletes from across the nation competed. Athletes age 12 and younger competed in five events and a triathlon. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons baseball team pounded out 12 hits, got the lead early and kept the pressure on Saturday, winning for the second time in as many games this season -- an 8-1 road victory over the two-time defending MINK League champion St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs...

Nevada Daily Mail Several athletes from each of the three athletics teams Cottey College fielded during last school year received awards at the school's annual awards ceremony, May 17. Individual awards for the Comets basketball, volleyball and softball teams were announced by volleyball coach Marla Kannady Foreman, while softball coach Shelli Stanley handed out the awards. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Vic Wolf made himself the talk of the clubhouse Monday, at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, in Nevada. While playing a round with Larry Sanderson, Wolf did something many golfers spend their entire lives simply dreaming of doing once -- but he did it Monday, for the second time in his life. According to course officials, Wolfe hit the second hole-in-one of his lifetime on the course's 18th hole...

Valuable kitchen equipment from Nevada Habilitation Center is being donated to the city of Nevada to be used by community groups and the vocational school. The transfer of these items occurred through the collaboration with Sen. Ed Emery, Rep. Randy Pike, the Department of Mental Health and the Office of Administration...

Nevada Daily Mail After fits and starts since January, Northeast Vernon County's solar panels are finally producing electricity for the school district. Superintendent Charles Naas announced electric bills had dropped from $3,447 to $2,493, a difference of nearly $1,000, during the NEVC Board of Education meeting May 22...

Nevada Daily Mail Exhibitors will no longer have to battle old breaker boxes during the 2014 Vernon County Youth Fair. Fair Board president Doug Johnson announced Wednesday at the monthly meeting that the electrical upgrade project has been finished a month before fair time...

Nevada Daily Mail A 17-year-old burglary suspect is in custody after witnesses were able to identify the individual in a photo lineup. The Nevada Police Department reported Monday that Anthony Gottfried, of Nevada, was arrested on a felony charge of second-degree burglary...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bates County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who fled from mental health professionals in Nevada. Sheriff Chad Anderson said Thursday that his office is looking for any information that could lead to the whereabouts of Blake Leister...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Youth Fair Rodeo is set to kick off Thursday night. The rodeo, which returns for its 23rd year, will run through Saturday, with each night's events beginning at 8, rain or shine. Barnes & Sons Rodeo Company out of Tahlequah, Okla., will provide stock for the event as part of its Freedom Train Tour...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be holding a public hearing and then considering the final plat and development for Atlantic Estates, in the 300 block of East Atlantic during tonight's council meeting at 7 in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash Street...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada firefighters responded to a home billowing smoke from the roof and porch Monday on Sycamore Street. Homeowner Dustin Hammers watched as several firefighters entered his home to squelch the flames. Hammers said he was home at the time of the fire, but unaware of the blaze because he was in the shower. Hammers said his wife alerted him to the fire...