Stories from Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Gordon Herbert Schuster, 89, of Nevada, passed from this life Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. He was born March 15, 1925, in Buffalo, N.Y., the eldest child of Frank Gordon and Orpha May (Stegman) Schuster. On Sept. 28, 1946, he was united in marriage to Priscilla Merrill (Swan) Schuster and she survives of the home...

Opal Mae Gotschall, 89, of Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Opal was born on Dec. 8, 1925, in Nevada, to Charles and Opal Mae (Starr) Beshore. She was married to Sgt. Marvlin Harper and he preceded her in death in 1945, during World War II. In 1946, she was married to Herb Gotschall and he survives of the home...

Special to the Daily Mail There was a happy crowd at the Northeast Vernon County High School gymnasium Friday evening. The Northeast girls kept their momentum and won their game 44-37 in spite of anxiously awaiting the results of the homecoming votes...

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County R-1 Board of Education received its annual audit report Thursday, receiving a passing grade with little trouble. "In our opinion, the financial statements referred to were presented fairly in all material respects," B.G. Wolfe of Daniel, Schell, Wolfe, and Associates of Nevada read from the independent auditor's report. "What that means is that you got a clean audit report."...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada has a long heritage stretching back into the 1800s. Some of that history can still be seen today through the Victorian Homes Tour. Since 1986, residents and tourists have been able to follow a tour of about 40 locations in Nevada featuring homes and other venues, many built as early as the 1800s...

FRONTENAC ---- The Nevada Tigers boys basketball team fell to the Riverton Rams 61-41, in the third-place game at the Frontenac Army National Guard Invitational, Saturday afternoon. After springing an upset on No. 1 seed Prairie View in the first round, Nevada followed up with a loss to Fort Scott in the semifinals...

After a week and a half layoff, the Nevada Lady Tigers thumped the Odessa Lady Bulldogs junior varsity team, 70-32, in the opening round of the 37th Annual Clinton girls basketball tournament, Monday. For Nevada, Morgan McNeley scored a game-high 15 points, while Nevada post players Megan Payne and Rilie Good combined for 25...

Bronaugh's boys and girls both fell in the consolation round Friday night. The girls were playing fifth and stayed close but a cold spell in the fourth quarter proved the difference in a 41-32 loss to Liberal. The boys were going for fifth as well, also facing the home team in Liberal in the annual Tony Dubray Classic, and while playing close in each period, never could win an eight-minute segment and lost 60-47...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers seventh-grade basketball team was bested by the Fort Scott Tigers 39-23 Monday night at the Nevada community center. The loss drops Nevada to 3-3. Fort Scott went on top 3-0 when point guard Cooper Bradbury drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing, 40 seconds into the game...

Nevada Daily Mail In Friday night high school basketball action, the Hume Lady Hornets drilled the Sheldon Lady Panthers, 53-33, while the Sheldon boys toppled Hume 55-42. With the victory, the Lady Hornets improve to 10-4 (5-1, Golden Valley Vernon County Conference)...