Stories from Friday, January 25, 2013

OSCEOLA, Mo. -- Sheldon's basketball girls fell behind, 23-0, in the first quarter and didn't score until the second, eventually falling to Climax Springs by a final score of 69-15 in the consolation round of the Osceola Invitational Tournament Wednesday...

OSCEOLA, Mo. -- A sluggish first half proved to be Sheldon's downfall as the boys dropped their second game in the Osceola Invitational Wednesday. The Panthers fell, 53-42, to Climax Springs in the consolation bracket. Climax Springs will go on to face Hermitage, a 62-50 winner over Appleton City in the other half of the bracket. The consolation championship is scheduled for Friday night...

ARCHIE, Mo. -- Consolation games were played Wednesday night in the 83rd annual Archie High School basketball tournament. Rich Hill's Lady Tigers outscored Kansas City-Barstow, 58-24, Adrian's Lady Blackhawks defeated Hume, 55-34, the Rich Hill Tigers outscored Hume, 75-29, and Archie's boys shaded Adrian, 43-37. The winner's bracket semi-final games were scheduled Thursday, starting with a girls' game between Drexel and Cass-Midway at 4:30 p.m...

The Missouri State High School Baseball Coaches' Association has released its preseason rankings for the 2013 baseball season. Head coach Danny Penn's Nevada Tigers made the cut, earning the No. 9 spot in this year's poll. This year's preseason poll comes on the heels of the Tigers' best season in program history in which Penn's squad broke the school record for wins and finished with an overall record of 16-9, beating the old school wins record by one...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "I knew if we turned the ball over that it would be a tough night." For the second time in as many nights, the turnover bug bit the Nevada Lady Tigers, making an already tough contest much closer than it needed to be. Following a 24 turnover performance against Carthage on Wednesday night, the Lady Tigers came back for their second game of pool play in the Nevada Lady Tiger Classic tournament and committed 22 more turnovers, making fans sweat it out until the final 5 seconds of the game before the Lady Tigers secured a 48-43 victory over the Lady Panthers of Raymore-Peculiar.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Disciples Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), of Nevada is pleased to announce that Pastor Darren McColm has accepted their call to ministry and will be installed as resident pastor at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27th, at the church at 125 N. Prewitt St...

The Bentonville, Ark.-based Arvest Bank Group has bought 29 branches of Bank of America in four states, including the Bank of America at 401 E. Austin Blvd. in Nevada. Arvest says on its Web site that Bank of America customers "will be contacted no later than Feb. 15 with information about the transition of accounts."...

Nevada Daily Mail Arvest Bank Group originated with its acquisition of the Bank of Bentonville, Ark., in 1961 and it claims the distinction of being the oldest bank in Fayetteville, Ark., owing to its purchase in 1986 of McIlroy Bank & Trust, which was founded in 1871 in Fayetteville and is the company's official home office and charter...

Contractors have been working this week at Benton Elementary School to repair the boiler and until Wednesday they had been able to keep the heat on at the school while they worked. On Wednesday they ran into a problem that required shutting off the heat, setting the Nevada R-5 School District scrambling to find alternative classrooms for the students from Benton...