Stories from Saturday, January 9, 2016

Chelsea Alexa Hood, 24, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Jan. 6, 2016, at KU Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan. She was born July 30, 1991, in Osceola, Mo., the daughter of Cory Eugene Hood and Brenda Gene (Taylor) Pettit, both of whom survive...

Frieda Lou Pettibon, 83, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at her home in Nevada. Frieda was born on Oct. 4, 1932, in Colon, Mich., to Clarence and Edith Azanka (Merica) Swanson. She was united in marriage to Keith Ray Pettibon on Dec. 23, 1951, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death in 2005...

Karon Kay Tritico, 75, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Jan. 5, 2016, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Karon was born on Aug. 28, 1940, in Marysville, Kan., to Arthur and Betty Andrews. She was united in marriage to Joseph Tritico of Raytown, Mo., and he preceded her in death...

We recently made some arrests for burglary when a deputy caught some people at a house that did not belong to them. He also found property in their vehicle that came out of the house. One of the people arrested made a comment that is starting to become somewhat regular when we catch people in this type of crime. They said they were "pilfering."...

Hi neighbors. We are into 2016! Do you still have to think before you write the date? How many checks have you had to toss so far? Don't worry, by August it will all feel normal. Although we have yet to have a snow in 2016, I'm pretty certain that will change in February. Until then I am happy to look out my window and see a heavy frost each morning; a little ice on the windshield that needs scrapping and cautionary frost on the back porch steps...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada and Vernon County were spared any significant damage from a series of storms and heavy rain events that moved through the area during the last week of December. 2015 ended in tragedy for many across the Midwest as a rare winter storm complex moved across the Southwest, through the Missouri River Valley, and on into Illinois. ...

The Fort Scott Tribune and Nevada Daily Mail An unknown suspect led law enforcement agencies from Bourbon and Vernon counties on a high-speed pursuit in late December. At about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office deputies attempted to stop a 2014 Chevy Sonic for traffic violations on U.S. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commissioners met Thursday to begin to finalize the 2016 budget for Vernon County. The county's general revenue fund is preliminarily estimated to be $3,983,793.05. This figure includes a total of $1,303,105 the general revenue fund estimates getting back from fees departments are paid for their services...

The Nevada Tigers junior varsity boys basketball team defeated Carthage 48-46 in overtime, Thursday night in Carthage. "It was a pretty well played game on both sides," Tigers JV head coach Kyle Talley said. "We did enough in the way of execution to stay with them. They executed well also."...

The quail-season ending Jan. 15, proved what many bird hunters had feared ---- not many quail. Gene Franklin and Clay Long, Columbia, hunted on some of the best looking quail fields in the state, but only flushed one covey and it was small. Long said, "In what we used to call a normal season we would have flushed three or four big coveys in the area we covered." Franklin added that things are different this time around...

After weeks of practice the seventh-grade Nevada Tigers boys basketball team finally hits the court Saturday at the Frontenac (Kan) basketball tournament. Working with a fresh influx of talent, 10th-year seventh-grade head coach Robert Miner said he is excited about the upcoming season, adding that this particular group of players have played together for years...

Despite a hard-fought effort, the Nevada Lady Tigers fell to Warrensburg 57-53 Friday night in Wynn Gym. With the loss, Nevada is 3-8 overall and 0-5 in the West Central Conference. "I am so proud of my girls," Nevada head coach Jenny Allard said after the game. "Tuesday against Seneca, our effort just wasn't there. We were in slow-motion. It was like we were playing under-water basketball all night...