Stories from Thursday, April 5, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA--The Cottey College Comets are pleased to announce the signing of two-sport athlete Cassie Hale of Camdenton. Hale signed a letter of intent to play both volleyball and basketball at Cottey College. Hale is a 5'9" guard/forward in basketball and an outside hitter in volleyball. ...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor On Friday nights during the fall, many of the boys from Bronaugh High School drove over to Liberal, Nevada or Lamar to watch a high school football game. "Now they can play themselves," Bronaugh Athletic Director Jim Hillman said...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School baseball team will finish up play at the Bill O'Dell Tournament in Carthage over the next three days. Nevada takes on Seneca today at 4:30 p.m. The Tigers return on Friday to take on Carl Junction at 4:30. The tourney wraps up on Saturday...

Nevada's Shumaker has lofty goals in high jump

Another Nevada Police Officer has completed an intensive week of training and become the most recent member of the Nevada Crises Intervention Team. Police Officer Mark Burger graduated from Mid-America Crisis Intervention Team training held in Independence, Mo., on Friday...

On July 15, 1951, Arch Forkner was sent to Camp Crowder for induction into the Army, along with another Vernon County man, Harry Gammon of Harwood. After a couple of weeks of learning how to say, "No, Sir; Yes, Sir; and No excuse, Sir," and the correct way to make a bed, and getting issued clothes, he was sent to Fort Leonard Wood. The camp had just opened and there was cow manure all around the barracks. "We spent a lot of time picking up cow patties," Forkner said...

Heartland Behavioral Health Services has just finished Phase 1 of a $2.7 million renovation project on two units of the acute care portion of its facility located at 1500 W. Ashland St. in Nevada and will move patients into the remodeled areas today. The project was initiated in January of this year because a lack of bed space was causing the hospital to turn patients away...

Ruby Olive Murray, 90, Nevada, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Christian Health Care, Nevada, following a brief illness. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 7, at Newton Burial Park, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 10-10:45 a.m., at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, prior to the graveside service...

Ken and Celia Biles are proud to announce the birth of their son, Rylan Louis Biles. Ryan was born at 11:42 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19 and 1/2 inches. Maternal grandparents are Jerry and Norma Kreiensieck of Nevada. Maternal great-grandparent is Dolores Kimmell of Nevada...

Derik and Ashley White of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Ryelyn Danae White. Ryelyn was born at 3:34 p.m., Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

Are you tired of looking at that old microwave oven that quit and you did not know how to get rid of it? Or an old TV or computer that you want to get rid of and the trash pickup will not take it? Or do you just want to get rid of a bunch of junk that has accumulated in your garage?...

Skyler Laning's Action class is working on the idea of getting a curbside recycling program started in Nevada and is in need of statistics to present to county officials. Interested citizens can take the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/KNMTFCL