Stories from Friday, July 27, 2012

Jonathan L Ashby and Jonelle M. Butler of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Avrielle Marie Ashby. Avrielle was born at 6:41 a.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 22 inches...

Dear Editor: Once again Americans are stunned, shocked, and many outraged at the random act of violence perpetrated against innocent victims packed into a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo. on the evening of Thursday, July 19. There is simply no rationale; no way to explain why 12 people lay dead and 59 others wounded, some of them critically, following the savage, brutal, heinous murders perpetrated by 24-year-old James Holmes, an honor student with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of California in Riverside.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Chillicothe Mudcats outscored the St. Joseph Mustangs 12-6 Thursday night in an elimination game in the Heartland Regional Tournament in St. Joseph to advance to the championship game tonight at 6 with the Griffons. If the Griffons lose, a second game will be played to determine the champion...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Red Sox, plagued by several walks and errors, lost to Springfield Hillcrest yesterday 14-4, in the eighth inning of their opening game of the American Legion AAA Region 3 tournament in Carthage. Red Sox coach Matt Ketterman said Colton Selvy started on the mound and struggled with his control for three innings...

Nevada Daily Mail The second of two candidate forums coordinated by the Nevada/ Vernon County Chamber of Commerce will feature candidates for U.S. Congress and for the Missouri House of Representatives. Scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, in the auditorium at Nevada High School, the forums are meant to give candidates an opportunity to address a wide range of issues that affect the residents of Vernon County. ...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Nevada and Vernon County had their best chance for rain in weeks with the tantalizing day-long Thursday appearance of a raft of darkly tinged clouds, but the development was short-lived and may not rematerialize for some time, said a National Weather Service forecaster in Springfield...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Cerner is getting ready to start its pilot program, a comprehensive community project featuring a web of partnerships focused on health and wellness in Nevada and Vernon County, and they need a place to call home for the next five years or so...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail After two years of planning and raising money, Nevada area Girl Scouts have finally made their long-anticipated trip to Savannah, Ga., the birthplace of Girl Scouts of America founder Juliette Gordon Low. The trip was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts...