Stories from Wednesday, July 8, 2015

NEVADA, MO -- According to a press release, the National Junior College Athletic Association has recognized four Cottey College athletes for their academic achievements. Regan Kannady, a volleyball player from Nevada, received the superior academic achievement award for having a GPA between 3.8 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale...

The inaugural MINK League All-Star Game is slated for July 9 in St. Joseph, with six Nevada Griffons making the roster. Griffons players selected for the MINK League south division team, are: center fielder Jamie Graeser, third baseman Kurt Becker, right fielder Dusty Wright, first baseman Taylor Walker, starting pitcher Josh Green, and relief pitcher Shea Nixon...

Nevada Daily Mail A 5-2 home loss to the Ozark Generals Monday night resulted in the Griffons falling a half-game out of first place in the MINK League south division. Originally, the teams were scheduled to play two seven inning contests. However, a thunderstorm rolled in from the northwest, postponing the second game. An official makeup date has not yet been announced...

Nevada Daily Mail Charles "Pepper" Martin of Bronaugh was awarded the War Medallion Medal by Missouri's veterans recognition program. This program recognizes Missouri veterans who have served their country. CW4 (Ret.) Gary Johnson presented this medallion to Pepper in a Memorial Day service at the Rinehart Christian Church...

Nevada Daily Mail Carol Parmenter will be honored at the 4th Annual Vernon County 4-H Alumni Reception. Parmenter served as the University Extension youth specialist who, among other responsibilities, led Vernon County 4-Hers to accomplish many things, according to a press release announcing the recognition...

Nevada Daily Mail Three juvenile males have been apprehended following a Nevada Police investigation into a series of reported thefts from parked cars. At about 2:25, July 1, Nevada police patrol officers detected three young men out after curfew in the area of N. Ash and Atlantic Streets...

Nevada Daily Mail More that 270 cyclists are expected to race on two courses this weekend for the third annual Tour of Nevada, Julie Lewis, the local coordinator for the event, said. The event kicks off Saturday at 4:30 p.m., with the Downtown Criterium, a 12 turn, 1.2-mile course around the downtown area. Then on Sunday the School Yard Criterium races start at 9 a.m. on a .9-mile course circling the high school...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada is going to have look at updating its regulations of group homes in areas zoned for single family residential homes, City Attorney William McCaffree told the Nevada City Council during its meeting Tuesday night. McCaffree told the council the city's current regulation is based on the density of group homes in the community and six or seven federal district court cases has brought that form of regulation into question as "a way to exclude the disabled from a community.". ...