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Nevada tennis competes at Thomas Jefferson Invite
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/12)
Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN -- The Nevada High School boys tennis team was unable to win a match at last Friday's Thomas Jefferson Invitational in Joplin. The invite featured eight teams. Springfield Catholic took first place at the event, while Webb City was second and host Thomas Jefferson was third...
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Sheldon baseball now 7-1
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/12)
Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON -- The Sheldon High School baseball team improved to 7-1 on the season with an 8-5 win over Rich Hill on Monday. Sheldon jumped out to a 5-0 lead early, only to see Rich Hill come back and tie it up. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sheldon's Eric Leavell hit a three-run homer, his fourth long ball of the year...
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Tigers have an off day at home (High School Sports ~ 04/18/12)
Clinton hammers Nevada 12-1 on Tuesday -
Police Reports April 12-April 13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/12)
April 12 There was a report of a burglary in the 300 block of South West Street. Items stolen were two 15-inch Cooper tires with wheels, taken from the garage. There was a report of a burglary in the 600 block of North Hoffman Street. Items stolen were an HP laptop computer and miscellaneous jewelry...
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Katherine Penrod
(Obituary ~ 04/18/12)
Katherine Penrod, 73, Nevada, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012, at her home, following an illness of a few weeks. She was born Feb. 2, 1939, in Stover, Mo., to George Simon McClure and Berniece Marie Hinken McClure. She was married to Charles Kenneth Penrod and he preceded her in death in November 1990...
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Suspect arrested trying to pawn purloined tools
(Local News ~ 04/18/12)
Donn R. Mead, 45, of Nevada, is facing felony charges of burglary and theft in connection with a burglary that occurred in the 1000 block of South Cedar. According to a press release from the Nevada Police Department, during the morning hours of April 13, police were notified by the manager of Cooper's Pawn Shop, on the east side of the Nevada Square that a man was in the store trying to sell reported stolen property...
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Council sends zoning question back to planning commission
(Local News ~ 04/18/12)
Monte Curtis' plan to develop 400 acres of mostly vacant land located southeast of Wal-Mart hit a snag Tuesday night when the city council voted unanimously to send the request to rezone nine lots from R-1, single family, to R-3, apartment district, back to the planning commission for further consideration, along with a petition the city received from Meadow Lane residents on Tuesday, opposing the change...
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'Lady Bushwhacker' tells of war's toll on family (Local News ~ 04/18/12)
The Civil War was brutal on Vernon Countians, particularly those women who would go down in history as "The Lady Bushwhackers." Portraying one of them, Cass County historian Carol Bohl of Harrisonville told 50 spectators Saturday afternoon at the Bushwhacker Museum that her family had intended only to be peaceful farmers when they bought 160 acres and moved to Dover Township, west of Montevallo, from Indiana... -
Battles remembered: Monument memorializes events that shaped Civil War history (Local News ~ 04/18/12)
MONTEVALLO -- As though Heaven smiled on mortals' remembrance of three Civil War battles fought here in the spring and summer of 1862, the clouds parted after a night and morning of rain and the sky turned bright blue for an hour-long ceremony and unveiling of a richly detailed granite monument... -
Annual Male Handsome Pageant slated for Friday
(Local News ~ 04/18/12)
The 10th Annual Nevada High School Renaissance Male Handsome Pageant will be held in the high school auditorium, Friday, at 7 p.m. Eight young men from NHS will be competing for the title of Mr. NHS. Each will represent a club or sport at NHS and compete in sportswear, talent and formal attire. Tuxedos have been provided by Davison Shoes/Verco Sporting Goods and Dress Code...
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