Stories from Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The national cantaloupe listeria crisis has been less severe in Missouri than in most other states, but uncertainty lingers because the bacteria's long incubation period means more cases can be expected throughout October. Vernon County Health Department Administrator Beth Swopes said diseased cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado had already arrived in Nevada when the federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services announced the recall Sept. ...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- The eighth annual Gordon Parks Celebration will feature many events, among them an appearance by musician Mario E. Sprouse as a speaker and performer. Sprouse was the longtime music collaborator with Gordon Parks and will speak about this relationship on Friday, at 1:30 p.m. in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center...

"You need to be careful how you do this," Harvey Akins told the Nevada City Council, before they voted 5-0 to give final approval to a general ordinance adding the provision for administrative search warrants to the city code during Tuesday's council meeting...

One of these four Nevada High School seniors will be crowned as the 2011 NHS Homecoming Queen before Friday night's football game with the McDonald County Mustangs at Logan Field. Pictured from left: Bailey Harbit, Nikki O'Bryan, Megan Messick and Shelby Thorne...

The emergency services personnel at the Vernon County Ambulance District are two years into the three year project of making their haunted house, Washington Manor, "one of the better spook houses in western Missouri," according to director James McKenzie...

The family of Herman Ronald "Big Ripper" Gilkey Sr. announce his passing at the age of 78, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, at his home in Rich Hill, Mo. Ron was born May 16, 1933, to George and Gracie (Wilson) Gilkey in Papinsville, Mo. Ron was proud to be a veteran of the U.S. ...

Eloise Mae Schofield Harry, 89, of Nevada, died Oct. 4, 2011, at Barone Alzheimer's Center in Nevada. She was born Aug. 14, 1922, in Norwood, Mo., the daughter of Garnett Paden Schofield and Mildred Ruth Roper-Schofield. Funeral services are pending and will be announced by the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home of Mountain Grove, Mo...

Nevada Daily Mail LAMAR--Fifth-seeded Nevada knocked off fourth-seeded Lamar 5-3 on Monday in a first round match of the Class 1, District 12 girls tennis tournament. Nevada had three wins in singles play. Alexa Cubbage won the number-three singles match over Lacie Sallee 6-2, 6-2 and Brandi Perrin defeated Kenna Rolland 6-2, 7-5 at number-five singles. ...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- The road to a repeat begins in Bolivar. The defending Class 3 state champs, the Nevada High School softball team begins district play Thursday. The top seed in District 11, the Tigers play the winner of Strafford and Logan-Rogersville at 4:30 p.m. in Bolivar. Now 18-5 on the season, Nevada has its goals set high. A repeat is the ultimate goal, of course...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- The one-two punch of Bailey Harbit and Regan Kannady was tough to stop on Tuesday night. With Harbit and Kannady leading the way at the net, the Nevada High School volleyball team defeated Ash Grove in three sets 23-25, 25-20, 25-17...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- For the second-straight game, the Nevada Tigers came up big in crunch time. Trailing in the fourth quarter on Saturday at William Chrisman, the Tigers made all the plays down the stretch to pull out a 29-22 win...