Stories from Friday, February 17, 2017

Fifty-four years ago, Nevada initiated some dramatic inner city business highway route changes. The new business highway paths for both U.S. Highways 71 and 54 were to enjoy new wide concrete roadways that bypassed the old railroad underpass on East Walnut Street. ...

Editor's Note: The following column originally appeared in the Friday, Nov. 15, 2002, edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. On Nov. 11, 1942, Pvt. George Breen from South Dakota, who had just been assigned to Camp Clark on Nov. 1, marched proudly in the Armistice Day Parade around Nevada's Square. ...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The Vernon County University of Missouri Extension Council celebrated two new Century Farm families and welcomed newly elected members and swore in new officers at a Monday evening's meeting at the Neal Senior Center...

Nevada Daily Mail On Wednesday, Paula Messner, Vernon County's technician for geographic information system and information technology spoke on the status of GIS mapping in the county and IT work at the courthouse. According to Messner, next month, Midland GIS Solutions of Maryville will complete the long overdue mapping for use by county assessor, Cherie Roberts, and her staff...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The scene at the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Thursday afternoon resembled a dock yard warehouse with cases of cookies stacked pile upon pile as a steady stream of minivans and SUVs came and went. It is that time of year again Vernon County -- Girl Scout Cookies are here!...

A pair of Cottey Comet student-athletes were recently recognized for their achievements. According to a Cottey College press release, "Mid-and long-distance runner Oluwabukola Pereira had impressive showings at her last two indoor meets. The press release stated, "At the Pittsburg State Invitational on Jan. 28, Pereira placed third in the unseeded mile with a time of 5:21.86, obliterating Tori Kehler's previous school record, and qualifying her for the national meet...

TRENTON, Mo. ---- In Wednesday night college hoops action, the Cottey Comets were defeated by the North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates 79-57. The Region 16 victory upped North Central's record to 20-6, while the Comets fall to 7-11. The Comets were led by Cheyenne Ortiz and Destiney Teniente who concluded the evening with 13 and 11 points respectively...

NEOSHO, Mo. ---- The Nevada Tigers eighth-grade basketball team rolled to a 45-24 victory over Webb City on Thursday night in the Tri-County Conference tournament title game. Nevada (13-1), the regular-season and tournament champions, were led by center Ben Hines who finished with a game-high 16 points, while point guard Logan Applegate chipped in 13...

The Nevada Tigers cruised to its 14th consecutive victory with a 62-46 defeat of rival El Dorado Springs on Thursday night. The non-conference road win improved the Tigers to 19-3 overall. On the opening possession of the night, senior Myles McNeley knocked down a trey. Nevada then caused El Do to turn the ball over on its first possession, leading to a Matthew Sommer breakaway lay-in and a 5-0 Nevada lead...

A pair of Nevada High School wrestlers hit the mat for for the opening round of the Missouri High School Class 2 State Wrestling Championships on Thursday morning in Columbia. Competing at 220-pounds, Nevada's Jacob Johnson (44-2) secured a victory over Ryan Owens of Maryville. ...