Stories from Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Editor's note: Second-year students have gone on an educational trip to Barcelona, Spain. Cottey College Public Information Officer Steve Reed is sharing the experience with the Nevada Daily Mail's readers in daily accounts, in the form of letters back home. Here's what happened on Day 4:...

Senior Cameron Byergo of Nevada High School has been selected for the 2012 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri's top academic students in the graduating class of 2012. The announcement was made by Debra Workman, principal at Nevada High School. Students will be recognized at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Mo., on Sunday, April 29...

A Nevada man has been arrested in connection with an alleged March 3 stabbing that reportedly happened at about 1:30 a.m. at the Roadhouse Saloon, 705 N. Osage Blvd., Nevada. According to the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, Chase H. Rodick, 21, of Nevada, was arrested on Tuesday, March 122...

City, county look into making changes at local center.

Helen A. Ogburn, 94, Nevada, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 14, 1917, in Prague, Okla., to Walter H. Hurn and Bertha Gray Hurn. She was married June 29, 1936, in Cheney, Kan., to Jack Ogburn and he preceded her in death March 14, 2008...

The family of Leroy Earll, who died Feb. 20, 2012, will hold a memorial service/celebration of life, at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 18, at the Fairview Community Building, in Fairview, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho, Mo...

Nevada's Kennedy, Johnson will be key performers for Comets

Season ends for basketball team