Stories from Friday, May 4, 2012

NHS baseball notebook

Banes, Slichenmyer will remain teammates, play football for Vikings

The Nevada High School boys tennis team hosted Clinton on Thursday in the final regular season dual of the season. Clinton defeated Nevada 7-2. Nevada's wins came at number-five singles, as Skyler Laning won 8-5 over Tristen Wilson, and at number-three doubles, as Laning and Skyler Crews beat Skyler Mart and Riley Johnson of Clinton 8-4...

March 8 Robert Brown was arrested for probation violation. Bond is $5,000. Deborah Reichert was arrested for third-degree assault. Bond is $1,000. Robin Bjorlokken was arrested for probation violation. No bond. Brandon Rummel was arrested for hold. No bond...

April 19 Perry E. Bond, Dadeville, Mo., speeding 42/30. April 20 Nicholas A. Akers, Collins, Mo., speeding 27/15. William M. Barnes, Hume, Mo., speeding 81/70. Kaylyn B. Biggs, Walker, Mo., driving while suspended. Lee A. Canada, Raytown, Mo., speeding 82/70...

Brooke and Darrick Crooks of Lee's Summit, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Baylor Emilia Crooks. Baylor was born at 12:21 a.m., Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. She weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Nine members of the Nevada Regional Technical Center's DECA chapter recently returned from the 66th Annual International Career Development Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28-May 2. Bringing home first place in the Financial Literacy Promotion Project was the team of Alexa Cubbage, Taylor Norcross and Dominic Puller. ...

WALKER -- From a baking soda lava explosion to lima beans sprouting in a wet paper towel, science experiments make timeless impressions on students. To encourage this type of learning, a local farmer directed a donation to Northeast Vernon County FFA through America's Farmers Grow Communities that will support greenhouse experiments...

RICH HILL -- Named in 1871 by Postmaster C.W. Ratekin because south central Bates County was a rich coal-mining area, the peacful-looking Rich Hill of today belies its boisterous history as "The Town that Coal Built." "There was a small town of about 150 people two miles north of here called Old Rich Hill," said Bell Books co-owner Randy Bell Tuesday. "Then they found a rich vein of coal and the population boomed rapidly to 6,000 by 1888 and 1890...

The Pine Street Baptist Church Choir performed during the Thursday night performance of the Community Council on the Performing Arts production Gospel Showcase at the Fox Playhouse. Performances by groups from Nevada, El Dorado Springs, Schell City and Fort Scott, Kan.' will be showcased during the remaining performances at 7 tonight and at 2 p.m. ...

Dan Gayman (right) of Schell City, Mo., tells a group of Nevada and Vernon County residents that they live in "one of the very few countries in the world that would designate a day for prayer" during the opening moments of the National Day of Prayer held on the south side of the Vernon County Courthouse at noon on Thursday. ...

Herald-Tribune Nevada High School girls basketball coach Brent Bartlett will hold the annual Nevada Lady Tiger Basketball Camp from May 29 to June 1 at Wynn Gymnasium. The camp is for girls entering grades third through eighth. For girls in grades 3, 4 & 5, the camp will be held each morning from 8:30 to 10 a.m. The camp for girls in 6-8 grades will be held from 10-11:30 a.m...

Herald-Tribune SENECA, Mo. -- Host Seneca scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning to knock off Nevada 4-3 in high school baseball action on Friday in a contest that started on April 13. That date was suspended due to rain and was picked up on Friday with the Tigers up 3-2 in the fifth inning...