Stories from Friday, September 19, 2014

The sports news world is on fire over the Ray Rice spousal abuse scandal. It is a distasteful episode that has scarred our largest national sports pastime. The sad part of this story is that we are all to blame, and none of us want to hear that, because "you can't handle the truth!"...

Many of us spent Sunday night watching the documentary about the Roosevelts. I believe there will be another section that will dwell more on the couple some of us actually remember. I began wondering how much I had shared with my readers about my association with Mrs. ...

Dear Editor: The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation Office would like to apologize for the concern that has been voiced over the use of Asylum in our 2014 Gala event. We are listening to our community and as of today have removed the name Ash Street Asylum and will be referring to our 2014 Gala event as the Ash Street Haunted Hospital Murder Mystery Masquerade...

Nevada Daily Mail A missing Uniloader has been recovered by Bates County sheriff's deputies. The equipment was reported missing Aug. 5 when the Peculiar Police Department took a report of a 1997 Gold Case Uniloader had been stolen sometime between Saturday, Aug. 2, and Monday, Aug. 4. The Uniloader was taken from the commuter lot by the interstate. The Uniloader belonged to Chester Bross Construction...

Nevada Daily Mailt Walker Mayor Phillip Martin said that he had submitted a proposal for a $55,100 loan to pay for a water project to the Department of Natural Resources during the Walker Board of Aldermen meeting Monday. "The system was installed in 1962, so it's time we move forward," Martin said...

Nevada Daily Mail A mile long, 8-foot wide pedestrian and biking trail may wind around the Katy Allen Lake if funding can be acquired through a Missouri Department of Transportation enhancement grant. The $250,000 grant would be used to pave an asphalt trail over parts of the existing road in the park, expand the dam to handle raising the water level by 3 feet with an overhead walkway, construct two bridges on the east end of the lake, build an ADA accessible fishing pier by the dam and place a parking lot off east Locust Street.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Carl Junction Bulldogs defeated the Nevada Tigers, 50-0, in seventh-grade A-team football action Tuesday evening at Logan Field. The Bulldogs jumped on the board quick, needing only two plays on their opening drive, as Bulldogs running back Teagan Armentrout rushed for a 19-yard gain, which was followed by a 34-yard touchdown run by quarterback Mason Fox, giving Carl Junction a 6-0 lead...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Comets volleyball team on Tuesday dropped a close five-set home match to Independence Community College, (25-13), 26-24, 25-15, (25-22), and (15-11). The Comets are now 2-4 on the season. Cottey coach Marla Kannady-Foreman indicated the team lacked chemistry in the first set...

Nevada Daily Mail After placing first in Monett last week, and then defeating Harrisonville Monday, the Nevada Tigers tennis team stayed hot as they defeated Lamar 6-3 on the road Tuesday. Taking the court for No. 1 singles play at Lamar, Megan Payne was bested by Lamar's Bethany Travis 8-3...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers stunning third set comeback came up just short against Sedalia Smith-Cotton, Thursday night in Wynn Gym, as they fell in three hotly contested sets, (25-20), 27-25, and (29-27). "I think this was the most intense match we've had," volleyball coach Ashley Thoreson said. "We proved ourselves tonight, even though it was a loss."...

Elmer C. Selim Jr., 76, passed away Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, at his home in Springfield, Mo., surrounded by his family. Born April 10, 1938, to Elmer C. and Dorothy M. Selim of Moundville, Mo., Elmer was a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Valuation Analyst, former senior partner in Whitlock, Selim & Keehn CPA Firm, trusted business advisor, and long-standing member of the Springfield business community. ...

M. Louise Schwarz Post Bassett passed away peacefully in the embrace of God's mercy on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Louise was born to Otto Carl Schwarz and Bertha Nanette Autenreith Schwarz on June 18, 1918, in New Chicago, Ind. She attended school in Chicago and Nevada, Mo...

Delva Susan Hensley, 82, of Lamar, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The funeral is Friday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. at Daniel Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows in the Sheldon Cemetery.