Stories from Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Fifth-year Nevada Tigers' head baseball coach Danny Penn is excited about the prospects for his team, as the 2017 season opener is just around the corner. Despite losing several key players from a season ago, Nevada returns plenty of veteran experience, with a sprinkle of talented underclassmen in the mix...

ndmeditorial@gmail.com When Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge was first elected as a circuit judge in Vernon County in 1982 she said she knew little about addiction and much of that turned out to be myth, during the 40th Vernon County Adult Recovery Court graduation Friday afternoon...

Steve Reed, Cottey College's director of public information, is traveling in Italy with approximately 70 members of the Cottey sophomore class and other faculty, as part of the Cottey International Experience held over the first week of spring break. He, along with his wife, Angie Casavecchia, public administrator for Jasper County, are reporting on the trip. Steve sends his reports as letters to his mother...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com When state support for summer school was ended, most school districts discontinued it because of costs, but Wednesday's meeting of the Sheldon R-8 board approved a limited summer school session. The board also approved formation of a new student group, took home the traveling trophy for conference schools in Math Relays and set up the school board scholarship committee...