Stories from Saturday, April 16, 2016

As their regular-season winds down, the Cottey Comets softball team earned a split with North Arkansas College, Monday in Harrison, Ark. Behind a solid six inning performance from Comets starting pitching Madison Hedges, Cottey won the first game 11-7. For Cottey, sophomore Katherine Brockus was 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs, while freshman Karliegh Conner was 3-for-5 with an RBI...

Nevada Middle School participated at a track-and-field meet hosted by Carthage April 5. Clarification: The below results appeared in Friday's edition of the Daily Mail as the Nevada Middle School Invitational results. NMS 8th-grade boys High jump: Kolby O'Connell, fourth-place (5' 4")...

The Nevada Middle School track-and-field team participated in an all-relay meet hosted by Butler, April 6. Note: Format is different than regular track-and-field meets. NMS boys results First-place in shot put: Tyler Armstrong, Matt Thorp, and Gavin Urquidez...

The Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights softball team was tripped up in a non-conference game by Golden City, falling 21-4 in three innings Thursday evening. The NEVC Knights boys baseball team was not in action. Note: The Knights and Lady Knights home doubleheader scheduled for April 12 against Bronaugh was rained out...

The Nevada Tigers tennis team suffered a 9-0 defeat against the Bolivar Liberators, Thursday in Nevada. The Tigers are now 4-5 overall. Singles matches No. 1 singles: William Robert (Bol) defeated Nathan McCall 8-0. No. 2 singles: Kaden Katzer (Bol) defeated Jace Lanham 8-0...

Finding fish without a boat is something Brad Hailey, Walnut Grove, has had success doing over the past several weeks. Last week, he along with two friends, Gabe Gray, Greenfield and Landry Jones, Willard, hiked a short distance to a stream in Dade County. The location is where Hailey had traveled many times over the past 20 years to catch fish...

"Deadbeat" (Merriam Webster's Dictionary) A lazy person: a person who does not work; a person who does not pay money that is owed After dealing with so many people who make a living selling illegal drugs and stealing other people's things, I have decided that some of these people do not resort to this because they cannot get a job, but because they think they can make more money than the old fashion way, hard work. In other words, they think this is a better job...

Everything is always kept in complete order in our home. It is especially true in my office, I have a special file for each topic. For example, there is a file for my Middle Age Plus columns, as well as one for each article. Since each article has a different topic, that makes a lot of files...

Robert Maurice Raines Jr., 54, of Lamar, Mo., died unexpectedly at his home, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Robert was born July 1, 1961, at Jefferson City, Mo., to Robert Maurice Raines Sr. and Loretta Louise (Bemboom) Raines. He attended Stockton High School and was a driver for Murphy Farms for 13 years. Robert had also worked at the Nevada Wal-Mart before becoming disabled. He loved NASCAR and dirt track racing as well as the outdoors and fishing...

Glenda Sue Jackson Olson, 69, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away at her home in San Angelo, Texas, on April 13, 2016. Glenda was the first born child of Walter C. and Elsie M. (Jackson) Jackson, coming into the world in Kansas City, Mo. Glenda grew up in Nevada, graduating from Nevada High School in 1965. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Mashek, of Richards, Mo., and Mr. John Ireland of Moore, Okla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Victoria Lynlee Ireland to James Stephon Krohn. Steph is the son of Ms. Jamie Wilson-Krohn of Nevada, Mo. Miss Ireland, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and Platt College Culinary Institute, is the owner of HayVic's Clothing and The Candy Castle and Popcorn Palace, in Moore. Steph is the owner of Krohn Kustom Pecan Kleaning, in Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail After choosing its officers for the next year, the Sheldon R-8 school board discussed the upcoming ACT test for the junior class, heard how the district's budget should be at year's end, chose a recipient for the board scholarship, and heard a long list of items being squeezed into the remaining school days...

Nevada High School, in cooperation with Missouri Safe and Sober Campaign, National Honor Society, Vernon County Sheriff's Dept., Nevada Fire Dept., Nevada Police Dept., Missouri Highway Patrol, Life Flight Helicopter, Ferry's Funeral Home and TCB Towing coordinated a Mock Crash Docudrama for Nevada High School students Wednesday morning...

Nevada Daily Mail April 10-16, 2016, is National Crime Victims' Rights Week. This week provides an opportunity to highlight challenges faced by crime victims and emphasizes the ongoing struggle to establish victims' rights. This year's theme -- Serving Victims. Building Trust. Restoring Hope. -- underscores the importance of early intervention and victim services in establishing trust with victims, which in turn begins to restore their hopes for healing and recovery...