Stories from Thursday, May 30, 2013

Amanda Leigh Thron, 45, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 27, 2013, as the result of an auto accident north of Fort Scott. She was born March 21, 1969, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Phillip Thron and Edwina Cowan Thron. In her earlier years, she operated a daycare. ...

Gary Landen Frye, 48, of Nevada, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at his home. A celebration of Gary's life will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, at the Hume City Park in Hume, Mo.

Signup for the Conservation Reserve Program is underway and will continue through June 14. During the signup period, farmers and ranchers may offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general signup at their county FSA office. "CRP is probably one of FSA's most recognizable programs," said Travis Claypool, executive director of Vernon County USDA Farm Service Agency. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors took little action during its Tuesday meeting. Just enough members attended to comprise a quorum, but there weren't many things that called for a vote. The board met in the Mezzanine Conference Room on the second floor of the hospital for its regular meeting...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks and Recreation Board voted 9-0 Wednesday during its regular monthly meeting to recommend to the Nevada City Council that it enact an ordinance requiring dogs in the city parks to be on a leash and to not be allowed in the playground areas of the parks...

Many things will be happening during the upcoming Bushwhacker Days celebration -- many unique things. One of them will be the production of "Border Wars Reflections," a two-act play, which will be performed at the Fox Playhouse beginning June 6. and running through Sunday, June 9...

Six unique gardens will once again be featured this year in the Bushwhacker Day's Garden Walk, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 8, during the final day of the Bushwhacker Days festival. The gardens on display and open for touring include a vineyard with wine tasting and a wedding chapel, a Victorian home with the entire yard filled with plant beds, gravel walks, a spacious deck and gurgling fish pond; a wedding chapel with winding paths; a small vineyard that includes wine making facilities; a "painted lady" home with a landscaped backyard that includes a fountain and barbecue pit; a cottage bungalow with seating areas tucked in among the whimsical decorations and, lastly, a secret garden with a flower surrounded deck and patio accessed by a rock pathway.. ...

Cole Diggins, Moundville, won the IHEA Heritage Hunt at Indianhead Ranch, in Del Rio, Texas, in October 2012. The Heritage Hunt is coordinated by the International Hunter Education Association, which publishes the Hunter's Handbook. The handbook is distributed to some 700,000 new hunters each year who pass the Hunter Safety Course. Diggins took his Hunter Safety Course in Nevada, in the spring of 2011...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Tigers baseball team put a cap on what turned out to be a very successful -- albeit too short for head coach Danny Penn's liking -- season Wednesday night with its end of season awards banquet at Marmaduke Park, Nevada...

Nevada Lady Tigers head volleyball coach Ashley Thoreson announced Wednesday her plans to host summer volleyball camps for girls entering fourth through eighth grades, inside Wynn Gymnasium, at Nevada High School. Camp sessions for girls entering fourth through sixth grades will be held on June 25 and 26, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. There will be a $25 charge per participant to attend the camp and that price will include a camp T-shirt...