Stories from Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Corey Dale Larson, 34, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 29, 2012, following a jet ski accident on Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. He was born July 7, 1977, in Fort Scott, the son of Curtis Dale Larson and Brenda Yoos Larson. Corey was a 1996 graduate of Fort Scott High School. ...

June 29 There was a report of a theft in the 300 block of South Pine Street. A bed frame with mattress and box springs were reported stolen from the back porch. There was a report of a petty theft in the 1600 block of North Osage Boulevard. A maroon and silver 26-inch, 6-speed Next bicycle was reported stolen...

Solar comes up big for Nevada Griffons

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Sedalia Bombers inched closer in the league standings with a 4-3 win over the Nevada Griffons on Monday night at Lyons Stadium. With Monday's result, Nevada's lead over Sedalia is down to one and a half games in the MINK League's South Division...

The Nevada athletes playing for the Red Sox American Legion baseball teams this summer will have a new high school coach next spring. Danny Penn is taking over the Nevada High School baseball program. NHS Athletic Director Kevin McKinley said Penn was an obvious choice. McKinley added he feels Penn will do well...

Liberal product Selvey earns win as Nevada Red Sox win 9-0

* Suspect has been on the run since 2006. By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Saturday evening, Nevada police captured and arrested Douglas Price, 30, of Nevada, an alleged fugitive from the state of Oregon, who had been on the run since 2006. The arrest took place in the parking lot of the Family Video store located at 301 W. Austin Blvd., Nevada, a press release said...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Former Bronaugh educator Lori Layher and her attorney, Christopher Mirakian, appeared in the Vernon County Circuit Court, before Presiding Judge James R. Bickel, on Monday, to argue a motion to compel filing and to inform Bickel that a motion to dismiss had been filed late last week...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council appears to have shattered the council's informal record for the shortest meeting during a special meeting Monday night. It took the council 12 minutes to complete the very short agenda and hear some public comments. ...

* Democrat positions herself as the compromise candidate. By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail On the third day of her week-long, statewide "In Our Town, On Our Side" tour, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill visited Nevada Monday, stopping by the White Grill to meet with voters...

A fireworks display lights up the night June 30, at the Vernon County youth fairgrounds at Centennial Park. The event was well attended, and generous community donations reached the level of about $4,000, providing a dramatic display to be enjoyed by the community. Donations from more than 120 businesses, groups and individuals made the event possible, according to organizers...

Dear Editor: We write today to remind all consumers and providers of electricity in the state that when the temperature is forecast to exceed 95 degrees, or when the heat index is forecast to exceed 105 degrees, Missouri's Hot Weather Rule becomes effective,...