Stories from Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The Nevada Griffons MINK League playoff aspirations suffered a potentially crippling blow Monday night in Springfield. With the Ozark Generals and Joplin Outlaws tied for first place in the MINK League South Division, one game up on the Griffons entering Monday's action, Nevada desperately needed to pick up a win against the Generals...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Ambulance District Board is back to full strength after the board voted unanimously Thursday night to appoint April Jacobs to fill the seat vacated earlier this year when Nancy Jeffries resigned after moving out of her subdistrict and James McKenzie declined the position after winning as the only write-in candidate during the April election...

Nevada Daily Mail "I call my approach to management the three 'gets,'" said Charles Naas, superintendent of Northeast Vernon County school district. "First, get the right people hired," said Naas. "Second, get 'em what they need to have success. Whether that's training or resources. And third, get out of the way."...

The Nevada Tigers football program, led by fourth-year head coach Erik Yoakam, is holding its preseason team mini-camp for grades nine through 12, Wednesday and Thursday morning at the team's practice field. Following the two-day camp, an assortment of varsity and junior varsity players will travel to Lathrop High School, just north of Liberty, Mo. ...