Stories from Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Elena Rodriguez, left, and Cris Rodriguez look at models of the USS Titanic and other projects about the sinking of the unsinkable Titanic at the Nevada Middle School Thursday night in conjunction with the parents viewing night for the Middle School Science Fair...

Harry Eugene "Gene" Gilbert Jr., 59, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Judy A. Fleming, age 55 of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. She was born on July 25, 1956, in Nevada, Mo., to Clarence Richard Spillman and Virginia Ruth Hampton Spillman. Judy was a life-long resident of Nevada and attended Nevada High School. ...

The city of Nevada's annual leaf pick-up service is scheduled to begin on Nov. 28. Workers will start in the southwest quadrant of the city, then move to the northwest, northeast and finally the southeast quadrant.

Northeast Vernon County School Board members approved financing building renovations with a $171,500 loan from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and OK'd fundraisers for the family of a high school student seriously injured in a Nov. 2 traffic accident...

JEFFERSON CITY -- To help people travel around Missouri this holiday weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation is restricting construction work on interstates and state highways. Work on all MoDOT construction projects that would impact travel lanes will stop at noon Wednesday, Nov. 23. Work will resume at 9 a.m., Monday, Nov. 28...

Nevada Parks and Recreation Department employees Mark Moberly, left, and Vic Garrett put up Christmas lights Tuesday in Earp Park. The lighting of the Mayor's Christmas Tree in Radio Springs Park will be at 6 p.m. today. The drive-through display will be open nightly from 5:30 until 10, weather permitting, through Dec. 31...

Local police are seeking the help of the community in identifying two suspects in a crime spree that began on Saturday in Independence, Mo. Nevada police responded to a convenience store and gas station in the 1500 block of East Austin Boulevard, shortly after 8 a.m., Monday, where a 38-year-old Nevada man reportedly left his 2005 Blue Chevy Blazer unattended with the keys in the ignition at the pump. ...

Cottey College students and professors teamed up to present an evening of dance as well as vocal and instrumental music performances Friday night, in the auditorium at the Haidee and Allen Center for the Arts at Cottey College. The concert, "Corners of the Heartland," featured performances by the Cottey-in-Motion Dance Company, Cottey College dance instructor Jo Byrnes, caught in motion at left and right; vocal performances by Cottey music professor Theresa Spencer, and jazz band performances by a faculty ensemble. ...

Tigers win season-opener, 64-58, on Tuesday

Nevada girls basketball 11-22 vs. Archie (Won 64-58) 11-28 -- 12-3 at Carl Junction tourney, TBA. 12-6 at Carl Junction (varsity at 6:30) 12-9 at Warrensburg 12-12 vs. Girard 12-15 vs. Monett 12-19 -- 12-21 at Harrisonville tourney, TBA. 1-6 at Kickapoo...

AREA BASKETBALL SHELDON 11-29 vs. Montrose 12-1 at Hume 12-6 at Golden City 12-9 at NEVC 12-13 at Bronaugh 12-16 at Fair Play 12-20 vs. Wheatland 1-3 vs. NEVC 1-6 vs. Ballard 1-9-13 at Appleton City tourney 1-17 at Rich Hill 1-20 vs. Hume 1-23-8 at Rich Hill tourney...