Stories from Friday, September 9, 2016

Lena Lea Coak-Begley, 36, of Harwood, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at her home in Harwood. Lena was born Jan. 12, 1980, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Billy Joe and Terry Lynn (Coak) Begley. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, at Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, in Schell City. Graveside services will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City. Memorials are suggested to the family in care of Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, P.O. Box 64, Schell City, Mo...

"If you can't do the time, don't do the crime," is an old and appropriate axiom. In last week's Daily Mail, the Dennis the Menace comic cartoon offered a similar view of the same tenor. It reminded me of my own youthful indiscretions, and the disciplines I earned...

The following column originally appeared in the July 23, 1999 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. For around 20 years Nancye Bloom has led the local chapter of ARMSE (Association of Retired Missouri State Employees). In addition to that she was elected the First Vice President of the state organization, which meets in Jefferson City, at their annual meeting last year. This is the second time that she has served in this capacity...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com "With tonight's four graduates -- Webb Cartwright, Kami Shepherd, Seth Dowty and Guthrie Jones -- the total number of graduates from the Vernon County Adult Recovery Court stands at 93," said James Bickel, circuit judge for the 28th Judicial Circuit, during Tuesday's graduation ceremony. Bickel presides over the recovery court...

Nevada Daily Mail Where can you get a good meal, learn guitar and line dance? Try your local senior center. The huge takeaway during National Senior Center Month in September is that today's centers have modernized. They focus on lifelong learning, wellness and recreation...

Nevada Daily Mail Council on Families in Crisis just wrapped up a very successful fundraiser that started in June and ended on Tuesday night, at the fourth annual Men's Awareness Walk. The fundraiser will benefit Moss House, the agency's domestic and sexual violence shelter...

The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats were toppled Tuesday by McAuely High School in a three set home-match (25-18), 25-22, (25-13). "We played well the first two games," Lady Wildcats coach Daryl Dodson said, "but in the third game, we stopped playing together."...

The Sheldon Lady Panthers volleyball team was defeated in a pair of road games, falling to Golden City Tuesday in two sets 25-12, 25-13, followed by a 25-5, 25-6 Thursday night loss to Liberal. Up next The Thomas Jefferson Invitational, Saturday in Joplin...

The Nevada Tiger middle school volleyball teams opened their seasons Thursday night in Webb City, with the NMS seventh-grade teams prevailing, while the NMS eighth-grade teams fell. The NMS seventh-grade "A" team dropped its first set 25-14, before bouncing back to take the second and third sets 25-16 and 15-10 to secure the victory. The Lady Tiger seventh-grade "B" team edged Webb in identical 25-23, 25-23 sets...

Fresh of its inaugural home swimming meet, the Nevada Tigers placed fourth at Tuesday's 10-team Monett High School swim meet. Finishing in the top three sports were Carthage, Joplin, and Monett. The Tigers finished ahead of Webb City, Thomas Jefferson, Parkview, Lebanon, Seymour, and Camdenton...

Making it look easy, the Nevada Lady Tigers bulldozed the visiting Kansas City Center Yellowjackets in a Thursday night West Central Conference matchup at Wynn Gym. The 25-8, 25-10 victory improves the red-hot Lady Tigers to 6-0 overall (3-0 WCC-play). Meanwhile, the NHS junior varsity and freshman teams were victorious, as the Lady Tiger volleyball program has rolled out to a combined 18-0 start...

The Northeast Vernon County Knights protected their home court Sept. 2, as they defeated the Sheldon Lady Panthers in a two-set volleyball match. With the 25-16, 25-13 victory, NEVC improves to 1-1 in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference (2-1 overall). Sheldon is 0-2 in GVVC-play (0-5 overall)...

The Nevada High School-Middle School First Annual Cross Country Invitational held Tuesday at Marmaduke Park couldn't have gone much better for NHS. The Tigers emerged with five championship plaques to go along with 27 individual medals. Joining Nevada, were Sheldon, Joplin, Pittsburg, Thomas Jefferson, El Dorado Springs, and Harrisonville...