Stories from Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Lynne Gage Logan Clawson passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House, in Kansas City, Mo. She was 79 years old and had been in ill health for several months. She was born Oct. 30, 1933, in Nevada, to George M. and Mariana Logan...

Frankie Nell Bowen, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center, in Nevada. She was born May 27, 1927, in Branson, Mo., to Preston L. Branstetter and Tassie Thorne Ballard Branstetter. She was married Dec. 8, 1945, in Mountain Grove, Mo., to Carl W. Bowen and he preceded her in death, Nov.15, 2002...

Virginia L. Moore, 80, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, March 23, 2013. She was born on Aug. 17,1932, in Rich Hill, Mo., to Elijah Butler and Wilma Smith Butler. She enjoyed a blessed life sharing with her many friends from the First Baptist Church of Nevada and those she had worked with during her 40 years of living in Nevada...

Garold Lee "Gary" Pritchett, 55, of Nixa, passed away March 24, 2013, in his home, surrounded by family. He was born Nov. 26, 1957, in Nevada, and moved to Joplin in his early teens. He has lived in Nixa for 15 years. Gary was employed with AMCON Distributing Company for 11 years before leaving due to illness...

A Nevada man was injured in a one-vehicle accident at about 7:48 p.m. Saturday on on U.S. 54 Highway, about three miles west of Deerfield. Jacob D. Wehmeyer, 19, received minor injuries when he lost control of his westbound 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada on slick pavement. The vehicle slid off the roadway, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Krehbiel...

Nevada police have arrested an El Dorado Springs man in connection with a burglary investigation that began Friday. Christopher A. Purger-son, 24, is charged with first-degree burglary, a Class B felony. On Monday, Purgerson was still being held in the Vernon County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bond...

Editor's Note: Daily Mail Reporter Rusty Murry spent much of the night Friday riding with Nevada police Sgt. Steve Bastow, observing a police officer at work. following is Murry's first-person account of the shift. There is no better way to learn what a policeman does than to ride along with an officer during a shift...

Cottey College has been named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. "Cottey College has a long history of service-learning and believes strongly in preparing our graduates to be active leaders and participants in an ever changing world," said Dr. ...

Nevada Daily Mail FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday, March 18, that five Central Methodist University women's basketball players have been named 2012-13 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Seniors Raylyn Nuss, O'Fallon, Mo., and Brittney Hotsenpiller, Smithton, Mo., along with juniors Katlyn Douglas, Bronaugh, Alison Durst, Appleton City, Mo., and Nakia Robinson, Saint Louis, Mo., are among 125 Division I women's basketball student-athletes who have been named to the award list. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers freshman baseball team was scheduled to get its season under way Tuesday afternoon, but as it has done several times already this spring, lingering snow and a wet field have put a stop to those plans. Head coach Danny Penn's freshman squad was scheduled to take on Mount Vernon at Lyons Stadium, but that game was called off due to wet field conditions. ...

Nevada Daily Mail FORT SCOTT -- The Nevada High School boys' tennis team was scheduled to get its tournament season under way Tuesday afternoon in the Fort Scott Invitational tournament, but due to the lingering effects of the winter weather that moved through the area over the weekend, that tournament has been postponed...

Nevada Daily Mail When the first three games of the Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team's season were postponed, Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley knew it could be tricky to find dates that would work for everyone involved to get them made up...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School boys' golf team is scheduled to get its season under way today at the Neosho tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but officials were forced to push it back a day due to wet course conditions. Head coach Brian Leonard's squad has been chomping at the bit to get the season started and will now finally get its chance, weather and course conditions permitting...

Nevada Daily Mail Another Nevada High School senior has announced a desire to continue his athletic career in college. Bradey Denney played running back for the Nevada Tigers football team that finished the season with an overall record of 8-3 under head coach Wes Beachler last season. ...