Stories from Friday, April 30, 2004

By Brian Johnson Nevada Daily Mail University of Missouri professor and Vernon County native Dr. Bryan L. Garton received the shock of his life recently when he learned he had won the eighth annual Kemper Fellowship Award for Teaching Excellence. But Garton didn't get the news through a letter or a simple phone call...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A 6-year-old boy and two women were injured in accidents this week in Vernon County -- all of them suffering serious injuries. All the individuals were transported to Nevada Regional Medical Center, the two women were later airlifted to St. John's Medical Center in Joplin...

By Scott Moyers Nevada Daily Mail It was the brink of war, his cousin was already missing in action and Ronnie Browne wasn't going to let a little thing like the fact that he was only 15 years old stop him from serving his country. "I wanted to find my cousin and my whole family was involved in World War II and Korea," said Browne, now 61. "I watched them all coming home and I wanted to go over there and kick some butt. It wasn't a pride thing. It was just what you did."...

By Peg Miller Special to the Nevada Daily Mail Two teams from Nevada High School took first and second place in the National Stock Market Game for the West Central Secondary II Region in the spring competition, the state director announced this week...

Tuesday afternoon the Carthage boy's tennis team beat Nevada for the second time this year handing them a 9-0 loss at home. According to Leon Lowe, Nevada tennis coach, even though the score looks bad, the team played better Tuesday than they did the first time they played Carthage on April 8...