Stories from Tuesday, September 25, 2012

InaMay Allison, 71, of Oak Grove, Mo., passed away, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at her residence. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Donations may be made to Vitas Hospice. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m., until service time Thursday at the chapel...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "I think, potentially, you're looking at the finals in districts." The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team and head coach Tammy Holcomb got what could easily be a preview of the Class 3, District 13 title game when they took on what has arguably been some of their toughest competition Monday in the Pleasant Hill Chicks...

Nevada Daily Mail ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Cottey College volleyball team won two of its three matches over the weekend in a tournament at the regional seeding tournament. The Comets opened the tournament with a loss to East Central by the final scores of 25-20 and 25-16. The biggest issue in that match for the Comets, as it was all day, was kill percentage as they finished at just 8 percent in the opening set and 2 percent in the second...

Nevada Daily Mail CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team was 4-2 in its pool of the Dr. Jeffrey Knutzen Classic at Carl Junction High School Saturday. "The tournament this weekend had many good quality teams and we played the toughest competition we've had so far," Lady Tigers head coach Ashley Thoreson said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School girls' tennis team made its return to the courts at Nevada High School Monday night with a strong performance against Neosho. Regan Kimbrough, Jessica DeCocq, Kierstin Lanham, Lauren Baker and Lizze Smith all picked up singles victories on the night and the Lady Tigers went on to take the match by a final score of 8-1. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams hosted Carthage Middle School Monday night and came out of the four matches with an even split. The seventh graders were able to hold off Carthage in two very close matches, ultimately winning the A match by the final scores of 25-16, 27-25 and 25-17 -- only losing the opening set Nevada went on to complete the sweep, winning the B match by the final scores of 25-21 and 25-22...

Nevada Daily Mail WICHITA, Kan. -- The Cottey College Comets softball team posted a strong performance Saturday in tournament play. The Comets finished the day with four wins -- one of which came by a final score of 11-1 in a run-rule shortened contest. The other three victories came by the final scores of 5-2, 4-1 and 6-2...

Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON, Mo. -- The Hume Lady Hornets won a pair of road matches Friday night at Sheldon High School. In the junior varsity match, the Lady Hornets took the victory by the final scores of 25-13 and 25-13. Kelsie Wikoff and Amber Ahrens each had a team-high 10 serving points, while Ahrens finished with eight aces, Megan Sutcliffe had three kills and Maddison Cannon recorded four assists...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity golf team was scheduled to be back in competition Monday with a match at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Seneca, Mo., but Nevada High School officials were forced to take that match off of the schedule. The cancellation came Monday due to Lady Tigers head coach Brian Leonard falling ill. ...

Sheldon Mayor Robert "Rob" Sewell made a brief appearance Tuesday morning in Vernon County's 28th Circuit Court, where Associate Judge Neal Quitno arraigned him on 21 counts of forgery pertaining to checks allegedly drawn on the bank account of a 97-year-old Nevada man...

Three of the four people accused in the alleged marijuana-related bribery of two former Vernon County correctional officers were arraigned Tuesday morning in the 28th Circuit Court. Associate Circuit Judge Neal Quitno arraigned ex-jailers Colby Prough, 39, of El Dorado Springs, and 23-year-old James Michael Tumm of Nevada, who are charged with the Class C felony of concealing prohibited articles (marijuana) on the jail premises...