Stories from Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Berniece E. Martin, 96, Walker, passed away at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. She was born 4 1/2 miles north of Walker, in the house built by her father, on Aug. 26, 1914, to Robert L. Leedy and Nellie Standage Leedy. She married Dwight E. Martin at the United Methodist Church in Nevada on June 28, 1936. He preceded her in death on July 18, 1977...

Lowell W. Hulse Sr., 69, Bronaugh, passed away on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a sudden illness. He was born May 26, 1941, in Barton County, to Edward Eugene Hulse and Vida Maxine Gardner Hulse. He married Donna M. Jones on June 10, 1962, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

September 5 Jeremy K. Rupprecht, Fort Scott, driving while suspended. September 14 Ethan G. Huss, Nevada, speeding, no proof of insurance. Bryan C. Judd, Nevada, no dog tag, no rabies vaccination. Rose Marie Otter, Nevada, speeding 26/15. Glenda K. Platt, Nevada, failure to transfer plates, no proof of insurance...

Even in defeat, the Cottey College Comets volleyball team gave head coach Marla Kannady Foreman and several members of her squad, as well as fans, the most fun match they have been a part of this year on Monday night as they took on Stephens College...

Head coach Jason Irwin's Sheldon Panthers baseball team ran its season record to 3-1 with a 12-0 run-rule over the Wildcats of Bronaugh High School Tuesday night. Freshman Reed Worsley pitched a complete game two-hitter. Offensively, the Panthers were led by juniors Tra Hart and Eric Leavell, who each went 3-for-4 at the plate and both had a solo home run in the top half of the fourth inning...

The Carthage Middle School eighth grade volleyball squad handed head coach Trudy Fleeman's Nevada Middle School eighth grade A team its first loss of the season Monday night at Nevada Middle School in three sets, 25-20, 25-16 and 25-9, only dropping the opening set...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity tennis team edged Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School on Monday by a final score of 5-4. Thomas Jefferson defaulted in the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles matches, handing Nevada two early victories before a match was ever played. ...

Wendy Barton played for George Page Photography out of Nashville in the Softball Players Association's National 40-and-over Championships Sept. 18 and 19. Playing shortstop, she went 11-for-15 at the plate, was hit in the head while sliding to second and received six staples to her forehead from a knuckling line drive later the same day. ...

Dennis Henry appeared in federal court in Kansas City, Mo. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Larsen seeking bond. Larsen denied the request and ordered Henry to remain jailed until trial. Henry was indicted earlier in the month, along with four other Missouri men when a federal grand jury unsealed an 11 count indictment naming Henry, 50, of Wheatland Mo.; Edward Bagley Sr., 43, and Michael Stokes, 62, both of Lebanon, Mo.; James Noel, 44, of Springfield, Mo.; and Bradley Cook, 31, of St. ...

The Cottey College Counseling Office invites the public to attend The Body Image Project, a presentation by artist Larry Kirkwood at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The presentation is free and no tickets are required...

Both lanes of U.S. 54 Highway were blocked for about an hour Monday afternoon, Sept. 27 while workers disconnected one towing apparatus and connected another to a section of wind turbine tower being transported across the country en route to Canada. ...

A special event for women is in the works. The Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring "Fall for Her," an event for women featuring a fashion show, lunch, health and beauty information and information and shopping opportunities, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, at the 3M Clubhouse in Nevada...

Royalty for the 2010 Bronaugh Fall Festival was crowned during a coronation ceremony held Saturday evening September 25 at the Bronaugh City Park. Front: 2010 Little Miss, Julia Brundridge and her escort George Rocco, back left; 2010 Princess, Katie Norman and her escort Izac McDermott and back right; the 2010 Bronaugh Fall Festival Queen, Sarah Houk and her escort Tucker Piper...