Stories from Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Dear Editor: Two weeks ago, Paul Ryan was booed before an AARP audience in New Orleans when he continued his never-ending attacks on the way Medicare is now and how it needs to be reformed. There is no need for reform in the Medicare program. With each bi-monthly pay check I get, there is a little stub attached which tells how much the government is taking out of my check for Medicare, as well as for Social Security and state disability and other programs. ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team concluded its regular season Friday and Saturday at the Carthage tournament. The Lady Tigers posted a 3-1 record through the tournament, defeating Kearney by a final score of 3-2 and Monett, 9-0 on the tournament's opening day. On day two, the Lady Tigers took down Platte County by a final score of 9-1 before falling to Webb City by a final score of 11-1 in the tournament championship game...

Nevada Daily Mail DREXEL, Mo. -- The Bobcats of Drexel bounced back from a loss to Cass-Midway last week by routing Rich Hill, 54-8, Friday night at Drexel High School. The Bobcats scored on a 6-yard run by Tyler Allen on their first possession and added a second TD with 4 minutes remaining in the first quarter on Trevor Stewart's 5-yard run. Drexel widened its advantage to 42-0 at the half with four touchdowns during the second quarter, including a 27-yard interception return by Brandon Thomas...

Nevada Daily Mail WEBB CITY, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers swim team competed in the Webb City Invitational Saturday. Jesse Claypool finished second in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 59.42 seconds, while Andre Ziebachienko was fourth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:05.81and fifth in the 200 individual medley in 2:27.5. Ziebachienko, Dalton Eador, Morgan Hold and Claypool finished third in the medley relay...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail You can pay me now or pay me later -- that was the message Nevada City Treasurer Mike Wade delivered to the Nevada City Council during their meeting last night. Nevada residents are going to have to pay for the fact that the city has not raised its sewer rates enough to cover the increases in the cost of operating the sewer collection and treatment operations that have come about due to inflation...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The first outdoors youth event held at the Nevada Elks Club Lake last fall was by all accounts a great success, but this year's full day of hunting and outdoor related activities drew about double the crowd, according to organizer Adam Dean...

Nevada Daily Mail Area children joined members of the Nevada police, parks and recreation, and fire departments for lessons in the rules of the road and other bicycle safety basics during a bike rodeo at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center on Saturday...

Nevada Daily Mail PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Nevada Middle School eighth grade volleyball A team brought home the championship trophy from the Pittsburg Tournament Saturday. The Nevada eighth graders defeated Pittsburg's B team in two sets by the final scores of 25-6 and 25-10, before knocking off Parsons, 25-19 and 25-15. Nevada finished the day beating Pittsburg's A squad and Joplin North in three sets apiece and taking down Lamar in two sets...

Nevada Daily Mail IOLA, Kan. -- The Cottey College Comets volleyball team went back out on the road Friday to take on Allen County Community College and came home with less than favorable results. Allen County won the match in three sets by the final scores of 25-10, 25-12 and 29-27. Lauren Johnson led the Comets with four aces, while Hannah Wilson recorded 10 assists. Erica Phillips added a team-high five blocks and Kymee Bair recorded 11 digs...

Marcella M. Dade, 83, of Pleasant Hill and Schell City, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Home in Belton, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 4, at First Baptist Church, Schell City. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., just prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City...

Ashley and Trevor Fast of Nevada, Mo., and older brother Cameron Anderson are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Harper Jolene Fast. Harper was born at 3:02 a.m., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 23 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, recent arrests made by county deputies have led to new information and some new leads in the July 15, 2009, shooting death of 47-year-old Belinda Beisly of rural Vernon County...