Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Stephanie Lynn Schwenck, 70, Topeka, Kan., formerly of Nevada, died on Jan. 8, in Topeka, Kan. She was born Feb. 15, 1946, to George and Lottie Fay (Dennis) Schwenck. A graveside interment will be held at a later date. Service times will be announced at a later time by Ferry Funeral Home...

Clifford Lee Cartwright III, 52 of Nevada, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, in Nevada. Clifford was born Nov. 7, 1964, in Nevada, the son of Clifford Jr. and Glenna (Whitaker) Cartwright. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1982 and has been employed by Alliance Water Systems in Nevada. He enjoyed the outdoors life where he fished, camped and hunted. He was a K.C. Chiefs and NASCAR fan. Clifford will be remembered by his family as "Mr. Fix-It" as he enjoyed fixing things for family and friends...

Sharon Kay Messick, 71, Springfield, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Jan. 8, at Republic Nursing and Rehab in Republic, Mo., following an illness of several months. She was born Sept. 16, 1945, in Clinton, Mo., to Clifford F. and Margaret Irene (Fitzmorris) Brick. On April 24, 1980, she was united in marriage to Marion K. Messick in Butler, and he survives of the home...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Following her humorous tribute to retiring Presiding Circuit Court Judge James Bickel, the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, Patricia Breckenridge was asked about the content of her impending State of the Court address to the Missouri General Assembly, later this month...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com The Vernon County Commission is hoping to finalize and adopt its 2017 budget this week. "We are grateful to every office for the way each came in prepared for the budget hearings and were conservative in their revenue projections and expenditure requests," said presiding commissioner, Joe Hardin...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The 100th annual Girl Scout Cookie sale season kicked off Friday, and to celebrate, dozens of Girl Scouts, their families and friends gathered in the home ec building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds to have fun and watch teams of people chow down on Girl Scout Cookies...

Despite a valiant effort, the Nevada Lady Tigers were defeated by Warrensburg 48-32 in Friday night West Central Conference hoops action. The road loss drops the Lady Tigers to 3-8 overall and 1-4 in WCC-play. Due to illness, the Lady Tigers were without starting guards Calli Beshore and Brooke Sargent, while Lani Coonrod also didn't travel. In addition, several other Nevada players were feeling under the weather...

A convincing 45-21 non-conference road victory over Calhoun Friday night improved the Hume Lady Hornets to 5-5 overall (3-2 Golden Valley Vernon County Conference). The Lady Hornets trailed 8-6 at the conclusion of the first quarter, but rebounded to outscore Calhoun 13-2 in the second stanza, and 26-11 in the second half...

It's been a good past couple of days for the Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights basketball team. NEVC (8-3) defeated Chilhowee 38-27, Saturday, with the contest played at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. The third-seeded Lady Knights then returned to the court Monday, besting No. 6 seed Appleton City 33-26 at the Appleton City Invitational...

The Sheldon Lady Panthers earned its first victory of the season, defeating Ballard 27-25 Friday night. The Golden Valley Vernon County Conference road victory improves the Lady Panthers to 1-8 overall and 1-5 in GVVC-play. "The girls played their (most) well-rounded game as one collective unit," said Lady Panthers head coach Dusty Murray. "Each player was an extension of the next girl up. We got good looks on offense and played smart and aggressive on defense."...

The Nevada Tigers placed 10th at Saturday's 12-team Monett wrestling Invitational. Nevada senior Jacob Johnson scored the Tigers finish, placing third in the 220-pound weight division. With a victory over McDonald County's Kammeron Barnes in third-place match, Johnson now has a pristine 25-2 record on the season...

In first round action Monday night at the Golden City Tournament, the second-seeded Bronaugh Lady Wildcats bested seventh-seeded Jasper 39-24. The victory ups Bronaugh's record to 11-1 overall. The Lady Wildcats trailed 10-6 after one quarter of play. Bronaugh then turned up its defensive intensity in the second quarter, outscoring Jasper 12-3 to grab an 18-13 halftime lead,...

Nevada Tiger point guard Matthew Sommer was honored prior to Friday's home game with Carthage for reaching the 1,000 point milestone. Sommer, a Nevada High School senior by way of St. Louis, eclipsed 1,000 points in the third quarter of Nevada's Dec. 16 road matchup with Warrensburg...