Stories from Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The Nevada Tigers volleyball team swept through the Clinton volleyball tournament over the weekend, winning five straight matches on their way to a first place finish. "It is really nice to be playing this well at the end of the season as we are heading into districts," Nevada coach Ashley Thoreson said. "Next Thursday will be senior night and also a big game against K.C. O'Hara, who is seeded second in districts. We have the No. 3 seed, with Pleasant Hill taking the No. 1 seed."...

Top seed Pleasant Hill took advantage of a six-run second inning to take the lead and then held off Nevada in the Class 3 District 13 softball tournament at Warrensburg, Saturday. The Tigers finished the season at 17-11. The Chicks, now 19-8, then downed Harrisonville in the championship game, 9-4. Harrisonville had eliminated Clinton 6-1 in the other semifinal game...

Leon Walter Lowe, 68, beloved husband, father, granddad, uncle, coach, and friend, lost his battle to cancer on Oct. 10, 2014, at Cox South Hospital, in Springfield. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, of the home; one son, Craig Leon Meachum, of Augusta, Ga.; one daughter, Cassandra White, of Wichita, Kan.; five grandchildren, Martese and Jorell Meachum, Drew and Douglas White, and Karl Paige III; his mother-in-law, Madelyn Tourtillott; 48 nieces and nephews; and a host of former athletes who shared his love of sports.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume boosted its record to 12-2, with a comeback victory over Miami. The volleyball Hornets improved to 5-0 in the conference. But it took recovering from a 25-15 first-set loss to win the second 25-12 and the third 25-18. "It was definitely not one of our best games," said Coach Delanya Thompson. "But the girls came from seven points behind to win the last game...

A touch of Beatlemania comes to Cottey Friday, Oct. 24, when the Liverpool Legends, a tribute band, take the stage in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. Louise Harrison, sister of the late George Harrison of the Beatles, hand-picked these four talented musicians and actors...

A Thrivent Action Team purchased the potatoes, toppings, and supplies for the Oct. 8, Nevada Habitat Potato Luncheon. With over 50 donated pies and little cost for the meal, all money from the 280 lunches benefitted the Nevada area Habitat for Humanity chapter...

Nevada Daily Mail Senator Ed Emery gave members of the Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce an update on the pending amendments on the November election ballot. Emery gave a brief overview of the four ballot measures and his views on each during Friday's monthly luncheon at the Nevada Country Club...

The 17-year-old grandson of a rural Vernon County couple has been charged in their deaths. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, Logan E. Ellison, the grandson of Herman and Rosie Ellison, was arrested by the Sheriff's Office during the course of an investigation into the suspected murder of the couple...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER ---- The Hume Hornets dominant conference run continues. The Hume volleyball team (14-2, 5-0) won its fourth consecutive conference championship, and fifth in the past six years, by defeating the Bronaugh Wildcats 25-16, 25-22 in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference championship match, Saturday...