Stories from Saturday, September 13, 2014

Douglas Myer Beeman, 46, Nevada, Mo., passed away suddenly Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 31, 1967, in St. Charles, Mo., to Charles Eugene Beeman and Joy Mae (Schulz) Beeman. He married Jeannie M. Fanning on March 21, 1992, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail The garden tractor pull and hot dog eating contest will be drawing anyone who loves a good contest to Richards Days on Saturday. "I've been going ever since I moved here, 43 years ago," Mayor Mary Jones said. "I enjoy the festival because I call this my town. We just enjoy getting together and visiting."...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume teachers received a welcome present, a donation from Parents As Teachers of $50 per teacher for supplies. The donation wasn't the only good news at the Hume Board of Education meeting Wednesday. "I can tell you if the revenue comes in each month at the rate it has the first two months, we'll have $40,000 more revenue than we budgeted," superintendent David Quick said...

Nevada Daily Mail The theme of Wednesday's second annual Respect Day emphasized overcoming mental health issues, especially depression. "Depression is a terrible thing," Chief Graham Burnley said. "I was told by a consumer one time that you will never understand depression is like being in a deep, dark hole unless you've actually had depression. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A tradition of duck hunting on opening day for more than 40 years continued last weekend when hunters from Iowa, Louisiana, and Missouri converged on the Schell-Osage Conservation Area to open the 2014 early teal season. Siman Seidel, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mark Monday, of Heflin, La., joined Missourians David Forman and daughter, Brooklin, Walker, Charles Monday, of Lee's Summit and Roy Garreans, of Schell City for an opening weekend of teal hunting...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers softball team put on an offensive display Thursday, beating Sedalia Smith Cotton on the road, 16-9. The Tigers are 7-6 on the season. "Overall I'm proud of the girls' effort," Assistant Coach Danny Penn said. "It was a chillier night than we've become accustomed to lately, and it took an inning for us to get into a groove. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Facing their stiffest challenge of the season Friday night, the Nevada Tigers were clubbed by the O'Hara Celtics, losing 42-7 at Logan Field. With the loss, Nevada falls to 0-4 on the year and 0-3 in the West Central Conference. O'Hara (4-0) remains perfect...

Nevada High School Lady Tiger Volleyball girls and coaches are selling shirts for the upcoming Dig for a Cure games vs El Dorado Springs Sept. 29. Orders will be taken through Thursday, Sept. 18. All proceeds will go to VCCR. Let any NHS volleyball girl or coach know if you want to order...