Stories from Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bettrinae Sue "Trina" Garren, 34, formerly of Nevada, Mo., died unexpectedly at her home in Republic, Mo., on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, at the funeral home...

Haedn Edmunds, infant son of Mike Edmunds and Amanda McIntyre, died Jan. 13, 2013, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Haedn was born Dec. 22, 2012, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home in Rich Hill with burial in the Moore Cemetery, Nevada. The family will receive friends Thursday, at 9 a.m. until service time...

Billy Ray Miller III and Ryan Miller of Gainesville, Fla., and older sibling Rylee Ann Miller, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Billy Ray Miller IV. Billy was born at 3 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fla. He weighed 8 pounds, 10 and 1/2 ounces and measured 22 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball teams got back into action Monday night at Joplin North Middle School and brought home positive results in both contests. In the A game, Nevada took the victory by a final score of 33-11. Braeden Hinton and Hunter Mason led the offensive effort for Nevada, as they each put up 11 points...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON -- "It's not any fun for anybody to get embarrassed, but act like we've done it before. That's what we're trying to do." The Sheldon Panthers and head coach Tyler Judd didn't come into Tuesday night's contest against the Knights of Northeast Vernon County with the intent to run up the score, but that wasn't easy to see from the final score...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON -- The Sheldon Lady Panthers basketball team had quite a scare Tuesday night when Emily Laning went down hard in the middle of the court with an apparent leg injury in the fourth quarter of the Lady Panthers' game against the Lady Knights of Northeast Vernon County...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey College Spiritual Life committee will host a special chapel in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottey Chapel. Titled "Let's Celebrate the Dream," the non-denominational service will be led by student members of the comiittee under the direction of the Rev. Erica Sigauke, the director of spiritual life and campus diversity...

The Mid-American Dance Company will perform Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Performing Arts located on the northeast corner of Austin and Tower This St. Louis-based dance company creates innovative and memorable dance performances that combine passion and technical excellence to provide its audiences with a world-class arts experience. ...

Special to the Daily Mail A noted Springfield artist has donated two murals depicting Vernon County and Nevada history which he painted many years ago when the city fathers held a competition for artists to decorate the interior of the new city council chamber...

Having known her since the late 1990s and worked with her all over the country, Marci Mitchell's guitarist says she has come as far with her talent as she has on roads from coast to coast. "We played New Year's in 2000 with the Smith Brothers of Nevada at the Old Bronc Busters' Club in Diamond," said Lou Davidson of Pittsburg, Kan. "I have worked with a lot of girls and the thing about Marci is her big voice that surprises everyone...

The songs in Marci Mitchell's Missouri heart will be sung and the dreams in her imagination lived. Given her talent, determination and love of country music, you can count on the 1997 Nevada High School graduate to keep advancing her career in Nashville, where she has lived since completing a degree in English at Pittsburg State University in 2001. "I'm writing songs, meeting with record labels and scheduling the usual summer stuff with fairs and clubs," she said Monday...

Bronaugh's girls faced a tough Colgan team Tuesday night and found themselves in an early hole. Although they rallied to stay more even in the second half, they still finished with a 66-25 setback in the Tony Dubray Classic in Liberal Tuesday afternoon...

Bronaugh remained in contention throughout, but was unable to match Colgan's boys' prolific offense in an 87-56 defeat Tuesday night in the Tony Dubray Classic basketball tournament in Liberal. Bronaugh was due to play Wednesday against Northeast Arma, while Colgan advanced to face Wheaton, a winner over Northeast Arma...

The Nevada eighth-grade boys' basketball teams split with Carl Junction Tuesday night. The boys' A team prevailed, 34-27. Matt Sommer had 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Patrick Ferry had nine points and nine rebounds. "Carl Junction was a very big and athletic team that really pushed us," noted Tigers head coach Tyson Beshore. ...

Springdale, Ark., Har-Ber and McDonald County defeated the Nevada Tigers wrestling team in a pair of duals Tuesday night at McDonald County High School. Har-Ber edged the Tigers, 42-41, and the Mustangs posted a 48-36 win in the second dual of the evening...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School girls' swim team finished with a 4-1 team record in a seven-team dual meet competition hosted by Springfield Parkview at Hickory Hills Middle School, in Springfield. Nevada posted a 73-64 scoreline over Logan-Rogersville, a 76-69 scoreline over Hillcrest, an 81-46 decision over Parkview and an 87-31 mark against Summit Prep Academy. Only Nixa came out ahead of Nevada in a 120-41 difference...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School girls' swim team took fourth in the Carthage Invitational Saturday. Eight teams took part in the meet. Nixa finished on top with 288 points, followed by Springfield Kickapoo with 230, Carthage at 212, Nevada at 138, Lamar with 127, Joplin with 111, Springfield Hillcrest with 87 and Seymour with 19...