Stories from Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Wilbert Paul (W.P.) Adams, 80, Nevada, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Medicalodge of Nevada. He was born on Feb. 29, 1932, in Rockville, Mo., to Bennie C. Adams and Iva Beatrice Richeson Adams. W.P. was raised in the Rockville and Pappinville areas where he attended Prairie City School. W.P. served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He drove a truck for more than 20 years. He had lived in Nevada the past 10 years...

Paul Lee Groves, 80, LaCygne, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012, at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He was born May 20, 1931, in Kansas City, Kan., to Lawrence Franklin Groves and Josephine Lee Johnson Groves. He married Daisy E. Watson on Oct. 26, 1946, in Girard, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Charles Melvin Hickman, 86, the son of Henry Leroy and Lena Leota (Armbrust) Hickman was born March 3, 1926, in Schell City, Mo., and passed from this life on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at his home. Charlie attended Flatrock School, then Schell City High School. ...

Navada Raye (Morris) Brown, 65, of Schell City, Mo., was born Aug. 20, 1946, in Warren, Ohio, one of 16 children born to Raymond John and Jennie Adeline (Louis) Morris. She passed away April 27, 2012, at the home of her son in Rockville, Mo. Navada lived in Vienna, Ohio, throughout her childhood and teen years. ...

On his way to Zimbabwe last year for a combined elephant, crocodile and hippo hunt, Steve Dean of northern Vernon County met a man that changed his life. When he asked the man seated next to him to change seats so he could sit by the aisle on the plane, little did he know what his conversation with the Rev. Prasanna Kumar of Chennai, India, a city of 13 million, would lead to...

Nevada was the home of an Indian pow-wow for many years that ended with the death of Ed Woodington. That tradition may be restarted this fall if a group is able to raise adequate money to cover the expenses. Tuesday night the Nevada City Council moved that project forward by voting 4-0, with James McKenzie excused, to adopt Resolution No. ...

SHELDON -- The Sheldon Board of Aldermen has sold three surplus fire trucks and rejected the Missouri Department of Transportation's offer for the city to buy 5.6 acres of property and a highway maintenance barn that MoDOT has closed. In a special April 26 meeting, the panel voted unanimously to sell the 1970s and '80s Ford, Dodge and International fire trucks to Dale Koopmann of Nevada for $3,200, City Clerk Becky Morgan reported Tuesday...

The Callaway Cemetery, which is located north of Nevada of W Highway, was established in 1885 and like many small cemeteries has fallen into disrepair over the years. John McGinnis has to pass the old graveyard every time he drives into town, and he thinks it's time to take care of the site. ...

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor NEVADA -- It's been a record-setting spring for the Nevada Middle School track team. For starters, the eighth grade girls relay team has set two new school records. The relay team features Lauren Prewitt, Carsten Warner, Mindy Hendren and Reagan Bradley...

Nevada Daily Mail A trip to state will be on the line when the Nevada High School boys golf team tees off this morning at 9 a.m. at the Class 3 Sectional 3 Golf Tournament at Briarbrook Country Club in Carl Junction. Joseph Ferry, Andrew Quitno, Elijah Solidum, Keegan Bell and Lucas Denman will all compete for the Tigers. The top two teams and top 12 players at the sectional will advance to state. Bolivar, Nevada, Monett and Logan-Rogersville will be competing at Briarbrook...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School baseball team is the number-two seed at the Class 3, District 13 Tournament. The Tigers will play seventh-seeded El Dorado Springs on Monday, May 14 at 6 p.m. The bracket is below. District 13 tournament Monday, May 14...