Stories from Friday, August 15, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers football scrimmage Saturday night at Logan Field went well according to head coach Erik Yoakam. "You see some things you need to work on, some things that weren't so good, and some things that were really good," he said. "I think we're kind of in that beginning stage, trying to put things together...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School will be participating in Friday evening's Football Jamboree in Stockton. The four-team scrimmage will begin at 7 p.m. at the Stockton High School football field. Nevada will face off against Stockton High School, Lamar High School, and Pierce City High School...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police officers arrested a fugitive listed as one of "Vernon County's Most Wanted," Saturday evening, Aug. 2. Several drug related arrest warrants were on file for the suspect issued in March 2014. The suspect had successfully eluded authorities for several months until the Fugitive Apprehension Task Force began receiving tips reporting possible whereabouts of this fugitive...

Nevada Daily Mail Eleven more people are behind bars as a result of the Vernon County Fugitive Task Force. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, felony warrants ranging from probation violations, false imprisonment, and assault to possession of a controlled substance, tampering with a motor vehicle, and failure to register as a sex offender were served by the Task Force last week...

Nevada Middle School is hosting a volleyball skills clinic from 3-5 p.m., Monday Aug. 18, and Wednesday Aug. 20, in the NMS gym. The clinic is open to fifth-grade through eighth-grade girls. The registration fee is $25. Daily instruction, t-shirts, and snacks will be provided at the camp...

Nevada Daily Mail Registration continues for local businesses and organizations to attend the 2014 Community Picnic and Partner Fair, Saturday, Aug. 23, from 6-8 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. Cottey College, in conjunction with the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Nevada, will host the event to showcase and highlight community organizations and businesses to incoming Cottey students and their families...

Nevada Daily Mail Parents are reminded that the state of Missouri requires all entering eighth grade students to receive the updated tetanus booster known as the "Tdap" before the first day of school in August and to present verification to the school...

Nevada Daily Mail With the schedule of events for the Schell City Fall Festival becoming finalized, the Schell City Community Betterment Committee discussed the need for musical acts and games at its meeting Tuesday. "Blue Mound Sound will perform before the royalty coronation," Jeanne Hoagland said. "We talked about if you have a little music at the beginning, that will bring people to town for the coronation and then we'll play the Great Golf Ball Challenge."...

Nevada Daily Mail Democrat prosecuting attorney candidate Lynn Ewing III, represented by J. Lee Guthrie, filed a petition in Vernon County Circuit Court Tuesday against Republican prosecuting attorney candidate Dustin Dunfield challenging the declaration of candidacy and qualification of Dunfield to seek and hold the office of Vernon County Prosecuting Attorney...

Jimmie Charles Keffer, 69, Walker, Mo., passed away Aug. 12, 2014, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada after a lengthy illness. Jimmie was born Nov. 26, 1944, in Van Buren, Ark., to Carl Keffer and Julia May Loomis Keffer. He was united in marriage to Beverly White on Nov. 9, 1968, in Calhoun, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Gene Arthur Shearer III, age 35, of Nevada, Mo., passed away July 30, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 1, 1978, in Phoenix, Ariz., to Gene Arthur Shearer Jr. and Coleen (Derenburger) Shearer Smith. On Jan. 26, 2012, he was united in marriage to Katrina Lashelle Smith and she survives...

Laura Fern Pratt, 97, Nevada, Mo., passed away Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at Christian Health Care in Nevada after a brief illness. Fern was born Nov. 26, 1916, in Richards, Mo., to Oscar Swan and Nina A. McCoy Swan. She was united in marriage to Arthur Pratt and he preceded her in death...

Nevada Little League Football registration and equipment checkout for fifth and sixth-graders is set for 9 -10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Twin Lakes City Municipal Golf Course. Registration for third and fourth-graders will be from 10-11 a.m. at the same location...