Stories from Tuesday, April 15, 2014

CARTHAGE -- After a rough start, the Nevada Tigers baseball team finished the Bill O'Dell Tournament on a high note, with two straight wins at Carl Lewton Stadium. The first of those wins came against the Carthage junior varsity squad by a final score of 10-0 and the second came against Mount Vernon, 5-4...

Thanks to the latest batch of rain and snow to move through the region Sunday into early Monday, a number of local sporting events that were scheduled to take place Monday were postponed. The Nevada R-5 School District was hit hardest by the weather, as three high school baseball games and one middle school event were called off. The three high school games were a varsity/JV doubleheader between the Tigers and Carl Junction, and a freshman game between the Tigers and El Dorado Springs...

The Sheldon Panthers varsity baseball team bounced back from a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Bobcats of Drexel High School Thursday, by routing the Ballard Bulldogs, 25-0, Friday, in a road game that was shortened by the run rule. In the Drexel game, junior Micah Swanson took the loss on the mound, but did finish with hits. Against Ballard, junior Jesse Spencer's grand slam home run in the fourth inning helped support the two-hit pitching effort of senior Zack Enochs...

East Central College swept a softball doubleheader from the Cottey College Comets Saturday, at Union, Mo., 16-2 and 17-2. In the opening game, the Comets found themselves in an early 4-0 hole and attempted a rally in the third inning, coming up with their only two runs of the contest. In the second game, East Central jumped out to a 16-0 lead before the Comets played their only two runs in the fourth inning...

The Nevada Middle seventh- and eighth-grade track teams hosted the annual Nevada Invitational meet Thursday, at the Testman Track, and brought home a number of strong performances. Across all four teams, Nevada brought home a total of 52 top-six finishes. Nevada's seventh-grade girls brought home the majority of those, taking 15 top-six positions in 12 different events...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon aldermen will discuss the Community Development Block Grant in detail with property owners over the next year, in an effort to build support for the program, which will provide funds for demolishing dilapidated buildings. Austin Mount, executive director of Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission, attended the Sheldon Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday, to explain the steps for applying for the grant next spring...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Farmer's Market will be changing locations for its second harvest season. Farmers' Market board treasurer Kelly Ast said construction near the original location at Earp Park would affect set up and parking for this year's market season. That issue encouraged the market board to seek out a new location...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada law enforcement and animal control are considering increasing patrols near Canada geese roosting spots. That consideration stems from complaints about groups disturbing geese in Radio Springs Park. A Nevada resident, who preferred to be unnamed out of fear of harassment, contacted the Daily Mail about pestering of the geese. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Mayor Seth Barrett will present the 2013 Revitalization Award to Kathy and Sonny Butler, owners of Rinehart Jewelry, during tonight's city council meeting, for their renovation of a building at 120 S. Cedar Street. Other items on the agenda for the 7 p.m. ...

Nevada Daily Mail An El Dorado Springs teenager was injured in a dirt bike accident, in Schell City, Saturday evening. Clifford Sumner, 18, received moderate injuries from the accident on Park Avenue. According to an accident report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Sumner lost control of the dirt bike on a gravel road and overturned. He was thrown from the bike...

B.T. Eaton Jr., 89, of Moundville, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014, at the Medicalodge, of Nevada, following a lengthy illness. B.T. was born on Aug. 4, 1924, in Kearney, Mo., to Bernie Thomas Eaton and Mary (McCoy) Eaton. On April 9, 1947, he was married to Fern Roudebush, in Kansas City, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Judith Ann Belcher, 72, Nevada, died Monday, April 14, 2014, in Nevada. She was born May 31, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Marvin Kenneth Belcher and Mildred Helen Whitehead Belcher. There are no services planned at this time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Dorsey Durfee, 88, of Butler, Mo., formerly of the Happy Hill area near Rich Hill, died Friday, April 11, 2014, at Medicalodge, of Butler. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 17, at the Happy Hill Church of God with burial in the Green Lawn cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill...