Stories from Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail The Community Council on the Performing Arts is gearing up for its next production, "Faith County," a comedy by Mark Landon Smith centered around a county fair. This will mark the first production directed by Richard Daut since retiring from teaching...

Nevada Daily Mail The Western District of Missouri, which includes Vernon County, collected more than $25.5 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2015. That's according to a press release from United States Attorney Tammy Dickinson. Of this amount, more than $8.8 million was collected in criminal actions, more than $6 million was collected in civil actions and more than $10.6 million was collected through the seizure of assets that were forfeited to the government from Oct. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Cole Diggins, a senior at Bronaugh High School, was named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 KCPL Community MVP program, which recognizes youth in the KCPL's service area who have gone above and beyond to serve their community. Diggins was entered in a contest that was determined by who garners the most online votes to be named the MVP...

Nevada Daily Mail Ninety two year old Nevada resident Charlotte Hirni, who turned 93 on Nov. 1, completed a long delayed goal of visiting all 50 states when she stopped in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Oct. 14, while on a New England cruise with her daughter Charlene (Hirni) Flynn, Nevada, and niece, Karen (Siegismund) Stiles of North Little Rock, Ark...

Richard Harrison Jones (Dick Jones), 74, died at his home in Joplin, Mo., on Dec. 5, 2015. Richard was passionate about God's Word and discipling others. He recently authored a book titled "The Bible: The World's Most Misunderstood Book." He was a very humble man, and a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He was born on July 20, 1941, to Ernest and Betty (Scott) Jones...

Peggy (Mullen) Pilcher, 78, Milo, Mo., died on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Additional family and service information will be released at a later date by Ferry Funeral Home. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

According to a Nevada High School press release, "Former Nevada High School Athletic Director Kevin McKinley will be inducted into the Nevada High School Athletic Wall of Fame, Friday, Dec. 11. "The induction ceremony will be held between the girls and boys varsity basketball games against Sedalia Smith-Cotton High School. The girls contest will tip-off at 5:30 p.m...

The Nevada Tigers middle school wrestling team hit the mat Dec. 3 as they played host to Joplin South. Match results Ivan Cline defeats Nevada's Kaylen Morris via pin, second round, :14. Nevada's Brock Marquardt defeats Reese Macios via pin, second, :7...

The Nevada Lady Tigers eighth-grade basketball team was beat by Webb City 37-29 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Tri-County Tournament hosted by Carthage. For Nevada, Teagan Charles scored nine points and Calli Beshore six. Nevada will face fifth-seeded Neosho Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the third-place game...

The top-seeded Nevada Lady Tigers seventh-grade basketball team flattened fourth-seeded Carthage 33-17 in the semifinals of the Tri-County Tournament Tuesday night in Neosho. With the victory Nevada improves to 13-0. The Lady Tigers will look to cap a perfect season Thursday night, as they face the winner of the Webb City vs. Neosho matchup...

The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats hammered Ballard 52-23 Monday night at home. Bronaugh improves to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference. "The girls came out strong and played well tonight," Bronaugh head coach Daryl Dodson said...

A decisive 64-51 road victory over the Clinton Cardinals Tuesday night improved the Nevada Tigers boys basketball team to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the West Central Conference. Nevada was led by its dynamic inside-out duo of Clay Gayman and Matt Sommer, who combined for 39 points...

Four quarters of pressure defense helped propel the Clinton Lady Cardinals to a 52-43 victory over the Nevada Lady Tigers Tuesday night in Wynn Gym. With the loss Nevada is 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the West Central Conference. "Early on we let their full-court press rattle us a little bit," Lady Tigers head coach Jenny Allard said during her post-game radio interview with KNEM 1240. ...