Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2003

By Justin Baldwin Nevada Daily Mail Recently there has been someone extra riding Vernon County school buses -- a Missouri State Highway Patrolman. Troopers from Troop D, Zone 8, Vernon and Barton counties, have been working with area schools to enforce bus crossing-control laws, targeting those bus routes with the most violations...

A Nevada man was injured Monday afternoon when a chase ended in a crash on State Route W (Ash Street) at the north edge of Nevada. According to an accident report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Vernon County Sheriff's deputies were in pursuit of a 1993 GMC pickup driven by 43-year-old Kenneth Shepherd when the vehicle skidded off the left side of the road, struck a sidewalk and a culvert and overturned at the driveway of the Nevada Habilitation Center...

Above, a large crowd gathered at the Vernon County Courthouse to celebrate the first Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1918, in Nevada. At left, a crowd of area residents churn along Cherry Street, east of the Square, during the first Armistice Day celebration...

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Nevada woman and a Schell City man were sentenced in federal court Monday on child pornography charges in a case involving a 12-year-old girl. Diane K. Houdeshell, 40, of Nevada, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison without parole for producing child pornography...

100 Years Ago -- November 11, 1903 A Farmers Institute and Corn Show were held in Nevada Business Men's Club Rooms. The institute was held under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture. The State Board was represented by E.E. Chester of Champaign, Il., an experienced corn raiser who delivered an interesting and instructional lecture upon the raising of corn, touching all phases of the corn raising...

By Larry Lewis Nevada Daily Mail KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A stingy defense and a picture-perfect sustained drive were the keys to a winning performance by the Nevada Tigers in their season finale. Nevada blanked host O'Hara 14-0 in a district matchup on Saturday afternoon to conclude the 2003 season on a winning note...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One-hundred and fifty-nine boys stepped to the starting line representing the best in this year's MSHSAA Class 3 high school cross country meet held at Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Mo., on Saturday. Senior Jon Emery, the lone Nevada High School representative, made his second consecutive appearance at the state meet. ...

Sophomores Eleanor Horst (left) was selected the most improved player and Emily Benbrook received the most valuable player plaque for the lowest scoring average at the NHS girls golf team's annual awards banquet on Thursday at Greenfield's. All six team members, including senior Sara Copeland, junior Rachel Prewitt, sophomore Tabitha Pitts and sophomore Mayling Butterfield were awarded letters and certificates of participation...

Nevada Middle School's eighth-grade girls basketball teams continued their stellar early-season success. Both squads kept their records unblemished at 4-0. The Tiger "A" team held Joplin South to zero first-half points in a 51-9 romp. Jordan Webb led the offensive attack with 18 points, while Lindsay Rice and Cassie Engle scored 12 and 10, respectively...