Stories from Thursday, October 6, 2011

Lee Boyles and Andrea Nichols of Nevada, and older siblings Shane Evans and Lexi Boyles are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Lawrence Riley Laklyn Boyles. Lawrence was born at 8:22 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

Dana and Tonya Kennard are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Talitha Rose Kennard. Talitha was born at 9:54 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 19 and 1/2 inches...

Shane Theodore Stidham, 39, Ash Grove, Mo., passed away Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, St. John's Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., following a sudden illness. He was born Dec. 27, 1971, in Independence, Mo., to Donald Gene Stidham and Donna Marie Evans Stidham. He was married Dec. 1, 1990, in Nevada, Mo., to Heather Weaver and she survives of the home...

Julia Ann Ford, 72, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at her home in Sheldon, following a sudden illness. She was born May 2, 1939, in Portland, Ore., to Emory Bryon Cook and Helen Nina Amweg Cook. She married Cletus G. Ford on Sept. 28, 1966, in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death on June 11, 2001...

Mary Lee Bishop, 38, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo. She was born July 16, 1973, in Columbia, Mo., to Walter George Kidwell and Delores Ann Gibson. Mary was raised in Ava, Mo., and attended Ava High School. ...

Nevada and 3M have been a team since the global corporation opened a facility here 40 years ago, and the company will stage an open house from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, to celebrate the facility's anniversary. Refreshments will be served and guided tours given of the 800,000-square-foot commercial graphic films plant on the south side of East Austin Boulevard near U.S. 71. Optional tours will cover .6 of a mile or 1.3 miles...

Felony domestic assault charges against Mark Edward Bishop, 42, of Moundville, Mo. were amended to a class A felony charge of first degree murder by the Vernon County prosecutor on Tuesday after the alleged assault victim Mary Bishop died of her injuries in a Joplin hospital on Monday evening...

The Southwest Missouri Chapter of the International Harvester Binders Club will be holding the first Nevada Antique Show and swap meet at the Nevada Speedway on Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Gates will open at 8 a.m. and the event will run until 5 p.m. each day. Admission will be $3 each day of the event...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On Thursday, Oct, 13, the Appellate Apportionment Commission will hold a public hearing where the general public may offer comments regarding the Commission's charge to redraw the state House and Senate district lines. The public hearing will be held from 9 a.m. ...

Visitors to an upcoming event can make a virtual trip around the world without leaving Nevada. Cottey College's second annual Cultural Fair, Multicultural Food Festival, and International Bazaar will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., in Hinkhouse Center. This special event is a multicultural food festival and international bazaar to be held in conjunction with the annual cultural fair organized by Cottey College's anthropology class...

Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard presents a proclamation to Fire Pup, (John McGraw) designating Oct. 9-15 as Fire Prevention Week in Nevada during Tuesday night's city council meeting. The theme for this year is "It's Fire Prevention Week. Protect Your Family from Fire!"...

Kerry Altenbernd, who portrays Civil War abolitionist John Brown, will make a return appearance to Nevada Sunday, Oct. 9, as guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society, president Jean McQueen announced. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center, S. Ash St., Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail EUGENE -- The season came to an end for the Nevada High School girls golf team on Wednesday at the Class 1, Sectional 2 Championships at Redfield Golf & Country Club. Three members of the team competed at the sectional after advancing from the district tourney, but none of the Tigers were able to advance to state...

Twenty area runners participated in a Nevada Area Multisport Saturday morning group run to get ready for the YMCA 5K on Saturday, October 8 at 9 a.m. The 5K and 1.5 mile fun run/walk is themed Y run?...Y not? and encourages you to think about why it is that you exercise or more importantly why not! It's not too late to enter and entry forms are available at the YMCA front desk. Also, Nevada Area Multisport group activities are available at www.nevadaareamultisport.weebly.com...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- When the Cottey College volleyball team played talented Longview earlier this season, it wasn't even close. But on Wednesday night at Hinkhouse Gymnasium, the Comets hung tough with the visiting Lakers...

Nevada Daily Mail WARRENSBURG -- Top-seeded Warrensburg defeated fifth-seeded Nevada 5-0 on Tuesday night in a semifinal match of the Class 1, District 12 girls tennis tournament. "They were a tough team," Nevada Coach Samantha Short said. "They'll probably win the district."...