Stories from Tuesday, December 11, 2012

John George Lewis, 88, of Schell City, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at the Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Schell City United Methodist Church. Visitation will be tonight from 6-7 p.m., at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Schell City., with Masonic services to begin at 7 p.m. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City...

Nevada Daily Mail A strong-arm robbery reported Nov. 27 turned out to be bogus, a press release from the Nevada Police Department said Monday. Investigators could find no evidence supporting a 49-year-old Kansas woman's report that she'd been accosted by two men in the Wal-Mart parking lot, who knocked her down and stole a Motion-brand tablet computer...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Wednesday's Interstate 49 opening ceremony in Joplin will cap 25 years of expenditure and work on the 190-mile route from Kansas City to Pineville in Missouri's far southwestern corner. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez of Washington and official state delegations from Arkansas and Louisiana will take part in the noon event in Joplin's East Middle School Gymnasium at 7501 E. 26th St...

Nevada Daily Mail Singing for the Senior Center, handing out flowers to the veterans, collecting food for the needy, wishing Cottey College students good luck on their finals, and even thanking the ambulance, police and fire departments for all their hard work -- all of this may seem like a lot of things and may tire the average person -- but not the Superheroes of Kindness. These are just a few things they have done in their first year in Nevada...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Chairman Rudolph "Rudy" Farber of Neosho says the Wednesday opening of Interstate 49 from Kansas City to Pineville will significantly benefit every county, including Vernon, along the 190-mile route...

Dear Editor: Bob Mabry was found dead on the roadside Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Some of us may simply recall having seen him at any time of the day, in the heat of a scorching summer afternoon or on a numbing winter night, passing him on his bicycle ladden with plastic bags, poorly clothed, a long grey beard pointing into the wind...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "Butler is a handful. They've got big, physical kids. They've had a lot of success up to this point in the year and they'll have a lot of success from this point on." Nevada Tigers head basketball coach John McNeley couldn't seem to give the opposition enough credit, but at the same time, knew full well just what went wrong as his Tigers suffered their second consecutive defeat and first at home this season against the Butler Bears Monday night...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- Nevada's girls' swim team placed fifth in the Joplin Girls' Invitational Friday at Missouri Southern University and also competed in the Springfield Girls' All Relays at Parkview last week. Nevada finished with 134 points, behind Nixa with 310, Carthage at 300, Joplin at 189 and Lamar at 176. Seymour followed at 105 and Hillcrest at 25...

Nevada Daily Mail CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Four Nevada Tiger wrestlers earned medals Saturday in the Carl Junction Invitational. Dayton Miller took first at 106 pounds with a pin of Carthage's Dakota Jones in just 1 minute, 2 seconds, while Colby Smith took a 4-1 decision win over Seneca's Devin Madison at 220...