Stories from Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Students stepped across the stage into their respective futures at Cottey College commencement exercises held on Sunday. Above, Hristina Denic, Nis, Serbia, receives her diploma Sunday morning from Cottey College President Dr. Judy Rogers. At left, His Serene Highness Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen of Romania presents the commencement address to Cottey College's 2007 graduates. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail It's the stuff a girl's dreams are made of. As a reception line that stretched for half a block slowly progressed, 9-year-old Jillian Corn, of Murrieta, Calif., shyly took the hand of His Serene Highness Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen, of Romania, who greeted her with enthusiasm, during a reception on Saturday, at the President's House at Cottey College. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada is one of 13 Missouri school districts to take advantage of a Missouri Department of Natural Resources program that makes use of rubber from old tires to create a safe playground surface for children, according to a press release from the National Safe Surfacing Initiative...

n Proposal to add new employees is also on the agenda. By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail During a regular meeting set for 7 o'clock tonight, the Nevada City Council will be taking a look at two major infrastructure projects the city has had in development for several years as well as a measure to add several new city hall staff members...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Members of Nevada's Animal Control Board got a lesson Thursday evening about how Nevada's boards and commissions function as well as a better understanding of what they can and cannot do to benefit the welfare of the animals that are picked up by the city or dropped off at the city's animal shelter...

Merylin Leon Colvin, age 73, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007. He was born April 24, 1934, in Richards, Mo. Merylin grew up and attended school in Nevada, Mo. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Nevada. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him and whom he loved. He loved Jesus and was looking forward to his heavenly home...

Judith "Judy"Ann Coyle, 62, Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, May 13, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Nov. 22, 1944, in Lyndon, Kan., to Ervie Cramer and Irene Laverta Long Cramer. She was united in marriage to Richard "Dick" Coyle in California on Oct. 4, 1962. The family lived in California for 25 years before relocating to Nevada in 1995...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- "Waive the white flag! Waive the white flag!" Nevada coach Robert Watts yelled to the official watching the final handoff of the girls 4x200 meter relay race at the Class 3, District 6 championships Saturday...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- A two-out single in the first inning isn't supposed to be the defining moment in a seven-inning baseball game, but it was Monday as the Carthage Tigers clipped the Nevada Tigers 3-1 in Class 3, District 12 baseball action...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger tennis team ended its season with a fifth-place finish in the district tournament in Joplin Saturday. Nevada finished one point behind Mount Vernon for fourth. The top four teams advance to the regional tournament...