Stories from Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Nevada Daily Mail ST. LOUIS -- The 2011 volleyball season ended for the Cottey Comets on Friday at the NJCAA D-II Region XVI tournament. Host Florissant Valley defeated Cottey 16-25, 25-23, 15-25, 25-17, 15-12 in a back-and-forth five set match. "Some questionable calls from the refs left my players feeling like they were fighting all the time to keep up," Cottey Coach Marla Kannady Foreman said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY -- Nevada High School senior Alex Bledsoe finished his high school cross country career at the MSHSAA Class 3 State Championships on Saturday at Jefferson City's Oak Hills Golf Center. But it didn't quite go as planned...

Oct. 26 6:51 a.m.: A one vehicle accident occurred at U.S. 54 Highway and Elm Street when an unknown vehicle struck a sign. Accident is still under investigation. Oct. 28 4:19 p.m.: An accident occurred at Atlantic and Commercial streets involving a car driven by Ronald G. Young, Nevada, and a car driven by Marquez L. Rimmer, Nevada. No injuries were reported...

Two virtually identical initiative petitions have been approved by the Missouri Secretary of State's Office for circulation, proposing to legalize marijuana and a make a number of related changes in the law. Proposed by Dan Viets, of Columbia, Mo., the two initiatives differ only in that one proposes a change to Article IV of the Missouri Constitution; the other proposes to do so by changing Missouri law...

This Friday, a variety of Veterans' Day activities will take place at various locations, ranging from a parade on the Square to events at Nevada High School and the Northeast Vernon County High School. Other events will be announced as information becomes available...

LAMAR, Mo. -- LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for savvy small business owners according to Kathy Macomber, a business development specialist with University of Missouri Extension. "Basically, the site combines the functions of resume and rolodex," said Macomber...

The city of Nevada's Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on a request to change the zoning on property at 1415 N. Osage, Nevada, from M-1, light industrial, to M-2, heavy industrial, at the request of a company that intends to manufacture wind turbines, according to city documents...

A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says rain-slick roads were to blame for a crash that left a Nevada woman with minor injuries Monday morning. According to the report, 28-year-old Wendy L. Thompson was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer south on BB Highway, 5 miles south of Nevada, at 6:47 a.m., when she lost control on the slick pavement, ran off the right side of the road and struck a ditch...

Mark Moberly, Charles Thomas and Victor Garrett check out some of the Christmas lights at Radio Springs Park Monday afternoon as the rain started. Moberly said that the road into the park will be closed starting today to facilitate finishing the installation of the lights. The annual lighting ceremony will be held on Wednesday Nov. 23 and the display will be open nightly, weather permitting, through Dec. 31...

PREP FOOTBALL Monday's scores Class 5 Sectionals Camdenton 26, Ft. Zumwalt East 24 Fort Osage 12, Winnetonka 3 Hazelwood East 25, McCluer 14 Kirkwood 41, Holt 0 Lee's Summit West 35, Glendale 28, OT Nixa 41, Branson 15 Parkway Central 42, Webster Groves 26...

Scentsy owners Mitchelle Hall, left, and Patti Pritchett, right, set up a display of their products during the "Wrap It Up In Nevada," holiday open house Saturday, in the front of the J&R Home Store. They said they had a lot people stop in during the two-day event...