Stories from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor CARTHAGE --If you ask Coach Amyl Bishop, the Nevada High School girls swim team continues to make progress in the right direction. This was evident on Saturday, as Nevada finished third at the Carthage Invitational at the Fair Acres Family YMCA pool...

NHS boys beat Monett 70-54

Nevada falls to Mac County

Dec. 19 Elizabeth Fahnestock was released for time served. Steven Wheeler was released. Dec. 20 Whitney Allen was arrested for trespassing or entering private property. Bond is $165. Joshua Meisenheimer was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $224...

Dennis Ward Worsley, 64, Bronaugh, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Via Christi Health System in Pittsburg, Kan., following a fight with lung cancer. He was born Oct. 26, 1947, in Gunnison, Colo., to Ward W. Worsley and Zoe M. Baker Worsley. He was married Nov. 27, 1971, in Nevada, Mo., to Cynthia A. Hirschman...

Nevada R-5 School District voters will have six candidates to choose from when they vote on April 3 to fill the two open seats on the board. Denise Hedges, Kim Niestrath and Monty Smith filed for the board Tuesday, joining incumbent board member Mike McCaffree, Tommy Transue and Tim Moore, who had filed previously...

Maysville, Mo. -- John Anderson enjoys hunting in woodlands. But he also wants a healthier white-tail deer herd and perhaps a return of bobwhite quail at his DeKalb County farm. So he gave his property the chainsaw treatment to boost bucks and birds...

After stagnating for the past six years, the city of Nevada may be moving back in history to those heady days in the very early years of this century when Nevada was known as one of the most wired communities in the country and was looking to the future...

Each month, September through May, the Nevada Public Library offers a special story time for preschoolers, ages 3-5. During the event, children hear a story and take part in a related activity, sharing a snack as well. Above, children at the Nevada Public Library had a royal time at the latest story hour, "Once Upon A Time." Through stories, they traveled to far away lands. ...

On the verge of finishing a project it began almost a year ago, Northeast Vernon County School District has obtained funding to upgrade lighting, replace thermostats and refurbish windows in its 80-plus year-old buildings at Schell City and Walker. Superintendent Charles Naas said last week that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources had approved NEVC's application for a $171,500 loan at 2 percent interest with a 10-year amortization...

An alert passer-by's quick action saved the life of a 54-year-old woman trapped in a pickup that had run off Route B into a deep ravine three miles east of Sheldon Tuesday afternoon. Complaining of injuries to her legs and forehead, Sheila K. Albert was airlifted about 4:30 p.m. to Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, where her condition was reported to be serious...

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Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School eighth grade A boys basketball team lost to Carl Junction 54-11 on Tuesday. Nevada fell to 1-3. Levi Palmer and Derrick O'Dell led the Tigers with four points apiece. The Tigers play at home next Monday night at 5:30 vs. Lamar...