Stories from Saturday, October 15, 2016

Archery season has been open for nearly a month as bow hunters have been looking for a trophy buck or a big turkey. A lot of these bow hunters used to hunt with a gun, but changed to bow for several reasons. George Rogers, a former gun hunter, said, "When you have around three months to get a deer compared to just a few days, it's easy to switch, and besides it much more of a challenge to get your deer with a bow."...

The Nevada Tiger boys swimming team finished runner at Thursday's Joplin Invitational, defeating Lebanon, Lamar, and Camdenton. Host-school Joplin won the event, besting Nevada by 18 points. Note: All events were measured in meters For Nevada High School, the 200 Medley Relay team of Thomas Prewitt, Jake Asberry, Grant Miller, and Cody Hansen placed first with a setting time of 2:07.63...

The Nevada Lady Tigers high school and middle school cross country squads collected first-place finishes at Thursday's El Dorado Springs Cross Country Invitational. Adding to the achievement, each of Nevada's seven high school girls varsity runners medaled...

Mark Cole has been selected as Cottey College's first golf coach, according to a press release distributed Friday by the school. The release stated, Cole, of Rocky Mount, N.C., "will begin recruiting student-athletes for Cottey's first golf team immediately."...

In a job that requires you to enforce laws, make arrests, and split second decisions it is somewhat expected that you will get complaints at some point from someone, be it the person that was arrested, the person who thought you should have arrested someone else, or the guy who does not like it that you broke his front door serving the search warrant that resulted in a loss of all his drugs and stolen stuff...

Hi neighbors. Are you enjoying the campaigns? That is all the news is covering as the top stories on television. I am so appalled to hear the news rattling on and on about Trump groping women, and Clinton sending secrets to our enemies. While the big screen covered that remarkably pertinent news (?) the ticker at the bottom of the screen told us our navy ships were being shot at by Iranian puppets in Yemen. Well, that news should have been given the large screen in my opinion...

The Nevada Tigers football team concluded its regular-season Friday night with a 49-20 West Central Conference road loss to the Clinton Cardinals. The defeat brings Nevada's record to 2-7 overall and 1-5 in WCC-play. Meanwhile, Clinton improves to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the WCC...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com The Sheldon R-8 School board authorized the purchase of a new refrigerator and warming oven, reviewed Missouri Assessment Program and End of Course test data, discussed filling the board vacancy, approved purchase of new uniforms for the baseball and softball teams, the need to hire a paraprofessional and a post meeting tour of the spruced up shower rooms...

Nevada Daily Mail On Oct. 26, the Nevada Police Department, working in partnership with the Vernon County Youth Task Force is hosting two prescription medication collection events as part of Red Ribbon Week. Nevada Police will be providing a drive through collection site in the parking lot of the First Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of Olive and Hickory streets. The hours for this collection site are from 7a.m. to 9 a.m. and then again from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m...

Nevada Daily Mail The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll has named Cottey College to their Honor Roll with Distinction for Interfaith and Community Service. An institution may be recognized in one of four categories including General Community Service, Economic Opportunity, Education and Interfaith Community Service. Cottey qualified for the honor roll in all four categories making Cottey the only college in Missouri to receive such high recognition...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman announced Thursday that he had talked to the air and land unit chief at the Southwest Regional Office of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources about the odor from NF Protein, located just northeast of Nevada...

Remaining on a bucking bull for any length of time, let alone a full eight seconds, is no easy task. For one local youth, 14-year-old J.R. Stratford of Bronaugh, bull riding has become a way of life, a passion, and something that he excels at. Stratford collected two championship buckles at the Missouri Junior Pro Bull Riders State and Year End Finals Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Forsyth, Mo. Stratford secured the season-long championship buckle as well as the state finals championship buckle...