Stories from Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Gary Dee Hiestand, 77, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at his home, Larned, Kan. He was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Milo Mo., the son of Virgil Samual and Ruby Ellen Gilmore Hiestand. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, in Larned, Kan., with Pastor Cameron Moore presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, at the mortuary...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Sheldon residents will not face increased water rates in October after the proposed ordinance failed at Thursday evening's board of aldermen meeting. "Motion dies for lack of a second." Mayor pro tem Robert Moran said after calling three times for a second to his motion for a first reading of the proposed ordinance...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Thursday afternoon saw the fourth annual RESPECT Day at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. This event is a partnership between the local Crisis Intervention Team Coordinating Council, Mid-America Law Enforcement and the RESPECT Institute of Missouri along with many local mental health agencies and providers...

In a Golden Valley Vernon County Conference match Monday evening, the visiting Bronaugh Lady Wildcats earned an impressive two-set victory over the Hume Lady Hornets 25-21, 25-9. The win improves Bronaugh to 3-6-1 overall. More importantly, Bronaugh is now 3-0 in GVVC-play...

The Nevada Tigers junior varsity football team picked up its first win of the season, defeating Joplin High School (JV) 14-12 Monday night in Nevada. The Tiger JV squad (1-3) emulated the varsity team's Friday night victory, with a second half comeback, as they trailed 12-0 at halftime. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team earned a top-four finish at the 13-team Bolivar Invitational, played Monday at Silo Ridge Golf Course in Bolivar. While 13 teams were present, only eight of those teams turned in qualifying scorecards, as Seneca finished in first with a team score of 417. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers junior varsity volleyball team hit the road Saturday for a tournament hosted by Aurora, as NHS took home a fourth-place finish, going 4-2 overall. The Lady Tigers (10-2 overall) opened the tournament against McDonald County, dropping the first set 25-23. NHS rebounded, winning the second and third sets 25-12 and 15-11...

Nevada's middle school volleyball teams traveled to Fort Scott (Kan.) Middle School, Monday, as the Lady Tigers earned a pair of splits with the Lady Tigers. The NMS eighth-grade a "A" team fell 25-14 and 27-25; the NMS "B" team prevailed in three sets 25-13, (25-16), and 15-13...

David Horton, Lake Ozark, Mo., watches as his 10-year-old grandson Kohen Earleywine, St. James, Mo., takes aim at a target with a muzzle loading rifle during the annual MIssouri Osage Territory Muzzle Loaders Black Powder Shoot Sunday at Marmaduke Park...