Stories from Saturday, March 4, 2017

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Most people will live their lives only knowing the most common of medical maladies: asthma, allergies, anxiety and possibily the more serious ones: heart disease, hypertension, cancer. As scary and as life altering these diagnoses are, they are not uncommon. There are innumera-ble cancer treatment centers and specialist around the county. If caught early enough, even the more serious forms are survivable...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Saturday, March 4, is Mike and Shirley Farran's 50th wedding anniversary. On the Monday prior, Mike sat down, not only to pay tribute to his wife but also to review his nursing career and his current service on the board of directors of the Nevada Regional Medical Center...

It was cold out when Bob and Dave thought it would be a good idea to stop at a house that looked like it might be an easy target to find some property to steal. It was very dark, so they decided to leave the headlights on to help light up house so they could see better. The house was a little harder to get into than they thought because the door was solid wood and not easy to kick in. But Bob and Dave were very determined, and a little high, so they would not give up...

Hi neighbors. Although most of my columns have a loosely tied theme, sometimes I want to just chat about whatever comes to mind. Big news around the globe for several years has been global warming. Some people deny the existence of this phenomenon but most think we are fast approaching a tipping point past which there is no return...

The Nevada Neptunes, a local traveling summer swim team, is holding its annual information/registration night on Thursday, March 30 at the Franklin P. Norman Community Center. The information session runs from 5:30-6 p.m., while registration for the 2017 pre-season and regular season is from 6-7 p.m...

Walleye fishing in Missouri is heating up. Though you can catch a walleye just about anytime of the year, many anglers really get excited when this popular fish starts their spawning run and the fish gather in larger numbers. Walleye spawn when the water temperature ranges between 42 to 54 degrees. ...

It has been 67 years and the memories are still fresh for Bill Phelps. The former Missouri Lieutenant Governor was a 1952 graduate of Nevada High School, and a small forward for the Tigers on the hardwood. The 1950-51 season, Phelps junior year, was one of the best in Tiger basketball history. Nevada finished 26-2 overall, falling to Joplin in heartbreaking fashion in the regional finals of the state tournament...

Turnovers doomed Nevada in Friday night's Class 4 District 12 championship game, as the Tigers fell to the Grandview Bulldogs 72-45. With the loss, Nevada concludes one if its best seasons in recent memory 23-4 overall, while winning 18 of its final 19 contests...