Stories from Friday, February 6, 2015

Angell Lee Palmer, 92, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Rich Hill Christian Church, with burial in the Green-Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the church...

William Gregg, 90, of Battlefield, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Magnolia Square Nursing and Rehab, in Springfield, Mo. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, in Schell City. Interment will follow in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City...

Nevada Daily Mail After just a month in his new position as the county clerk for Vernon County, Mike Buehler is still acquainting himself with the responsibilities that come with the office. With a short staff, Buehler has had to learn his own position while also looking for other employees and training them, and at the same time juggling the county budget, as well as organizing the first election since he was sworn in...

Nevada Daily Mail Trouble continued for the Nevada Recycling Center when a second attempt was made to break into the facility on Jan. 28, just a couple weeks after items were stolen from the center. This time the culprits were unable to get through the new bolted door, but serious damage was done to the door, splitting the wood...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police detectives arrested a suspected burglar without incident the morning of Feb. 5. According to a press release from the NPD, detectives began investigating several reported crimes that included the theft from a parked automobile and a break in of a hotel candy machine, when a reliable informant notified police of more information on the suspect's involvement in a burglary...

We have all heard this old saying. It's so easy to understand, that we wonder why anyone would ever question its validity. This is my second education related article. Like the old saying, I feel we are being asked to put students into a system where they often simply don't fit...

Remember the old saying, "He's so weak he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag?' That now needs to be changed to a plastic bag. Even though the packagers try very hard to make the bags easy to open, they need to try harder. Some of them want us to tear across a certain line. Maybe you could if you had strong wrists and can grasp the bag tightly where you are directed. Older hands seem to have slippery fingers and trying to hold tight to a slick piece of plastic is quite a challenge...

After a convincing win at home last Friday, the Cottey Comets were poised and ready to take on their second visiting team in five days when the Lady Braves junior varsity team of Ottawa, Kan. arrived on Tuesday night at Hinkhouse Center. The Comets received the ball first after the opening tip went out of bounds. ...

Nevada Daily Mail HUME ---- The Hume Hornets split their games against the El Dorado Christian Buffalos Tuesday, with the boys losing a close match while the girls cruised to a win. After a slow start, the Lady Hornets led by just three points after the first quarter, playing against a Lady Buffalos team with no reserves but taller players. However, Hume started the second quarter with a 12-0 streak and reached the half with a 26-16 lead...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School senior Caleb Smith signed a national letter-of-intent Wednesday to play football at Truman State University in Kirksville. Surrounded by his parents and Nevada coaches, the 6-foot-4, 300 pound offensive lineman made the signing official inside of the NHS library...

Nevada Daily Mail Playing in their final home contest of the season Thursday night, the Nevada Tigers eighth-grade boys basketball team sprinted past the Joplin South Eagles en route to a 56-44 victory. The Tigers have now reeled of seven consecutive wins, improving to 9-1...

Brandy Duncan/Special to the Daily Mail/ The Nevada Lightning third-grade boys traveling basketball team, finished in first-place at the recent Nevada A's Basketball Tournament. Pictured front row, from left to right: Brayden Gast, Tucker Duncan and Brice Budd. Back row: Gage David, Henry Campbell, and Brady Phebus. Not pictured: Devyn Herren...