Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Editor's note: this is the fourth installment in a series of stories about the Nevada Police Depart-ment's Citizens' Police Academy. By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail It's been four weeks now since the Citizen's Police Academy began, and even though the information covered up to this point has been valuable, it seems like we finally got down to some of the nuts and bolts of police work during the May 4 session...

Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College is preparing for Commencement and other related activities. As these events draw closer, drivers on Austin are asked to take note of the increased pedestrian and visitor traffic and to drive safely. Commencement weekend events that follow are open to the public...

Robert Wayne "Robby" Elliott, 53, Milo, Mo., passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2011, at his home in Milo, following a short illness. Robby was born Feb. 17, 1958, in Nevada, to Robert L. Elliott and Louise Cribbett Elliott. He married Sally Ann Malcom on Oct. 27, 1992, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and she survives of the home...

William Johnnie Miller, 68, Nevada, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin. No services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo. Vew obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tiger Basketball Camp will be held May 31-June 3 in Wynn Gymnasium at the Nevada High School. There will be two sessions each day: 8:30 - 10 a.m. for girls who will be in grades 3,4 and 5 next fall and 10 - 11:30 for girls who will be in grades 6,7,8 next year...

Nevada Daily Mail The Sheldon Panthers finished strongly in Saturday's district track competition. Tra Hart placed fourth in the boys' 100 with a time of 11.9, and he placed fourth in the 200 with a time of 24.3. Kasey Jones placed fourth in the boy's mile with a time of 5:01, and third in the two-mile with a time of 11:22...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers Tennis Team easily beat Grandview 6-1 Monday afternoon in the first round of the Missouri Class 1, District 12 team tournament on the Nevada High School tennis courts. Nevada will move on to the second round of the district tournament this afternoon when they play Clinton at Clinton. The winner of the match will move on to the team championship match to be played Saturday at Warrensburg...