Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Northeast Vernon County split a pair of close games with host Thomas Jefferson Monday night. The girls prevailed 31-29 while the boys fell 33-29. In the girls' game, NEVC squeezed out an 8-7 edge at the first break and matched the home team's scoring in the second period at 10 apiece, to cling to an 18-17 halftime advantage...

The Osage Prairie YMCA Tridents competed at the Jefferson City Pentathlon, Jan. 3. Hosted by the Jefferson City Area YMCA Barracudas, the Saturday morning seven-hour event featured 14 YMCA teams and 241 swimmers from three St. Louis districts (East, Central, and West). Nevada is part of the west, one of 30 YMCAs in the district.

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The Nevada Lady Tigers defeated Seneca 41-26 on the road Tuesday night. Nevada has now reeled off seven straight victories, improving to 9-2 overall. Check Friday's paper for a recap of the game

Mary Katherine (Land) Turley, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 3, 2015, at Medicalodge in Fort Scott, Kan. Mary K. was born at home in Fort Scott, Kan., May 23, 1921. Her parents were Basil I. Land and Cora Elizabeth (Masterson) Land, and she was the eldest of four children She married Wayne Holsti, to which union was born Sonja K. ...

Everett Leo Dade, 86, the son of William Henry (Hal) and Nellie May (Teetor) Dade, was born Oct. 21, 1928, in Speedwell Township, St. Clair County, Mo., and passed from this life Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Home, in Belton, Mo...

Albert C. Evans, 90, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at his home in Nevada. Albert was born March 24, 1924, in Kansas City, Mo., to Jess Leroy Evans Sr. and Pauline M. (Young) Evans. He was united in marriage to Virginia Smith on June 16, 1940, in Kansas City, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Eva Readinger, 81, of Nevada, died early Tuesday morning, Jan. 6, 2015, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Per Eva's request the family will have a visitation from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date. Full obituary will appear in the Friday edition...

George Lee Johnson, 47, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Lee was born Jan. 27, 1967, in Kansas City, Mo., to Bobby Gene Johnson Sr. and Barbara Jean (Phillips) Falls. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Chad Bailey officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home...

The Nevada High School boys' junior varsity team rolled to a 36-15 road victory over Seneca Tuesday night. The junior varsity squad next squares off against Carthage, Thursday at 6 p.m.

Nevada Daily Mail The water that comes out of the faucet is a mixture of water from the city's reverse osmosis plant and unfiltered water from two wells. Recently the pump motor for one of the two wells failed, leaving only one source of water to blend with the RO water to reduce its corrosiveness...

Nevada Daily Mail In the near future, residents in Bronaugh and others living in the surrounding area will be better able to access the Internet after the board of aldermen approved a contract with InetVisions at their Jan. 5 meeting that will allow the company to place a wireless access node at the top of the city's water tower...

Nevada Daily Mail Budget hearings continued Tuesday as the Vernon County Commission met with county coroner David Ferry and new prosecuting attorney Brandi McInroy as well as heard a report from county treasurer and collector Phil Couch. Couch presented a draft of the county's treasurer report of 2014, which showed an ending balance of nearly $785,000 in the general fund after starting the year with a balance of $506,992.67. ...