Stories from Friday, February 8, 2013

Roy Lee Jones, 82, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, following a farm accident. He was born Oct. 27, 1930, in Red Onion Camp, Crawford County, Mulberry, Kan., to Adam and Hazel West Jones. He married Dorothy Thompson on April 13, 1952. She resides at the home...

Six Nevada Tigers wrestlers have earned seeds for the Class 2, District 3 tournament at Clinton High School. Tigers head coach Devin White said Dayton Miller earned the top seed at 106 pounds, Slade Stiles is No. 1 at 1 and Sam Ellifrits is the top-seeded heavyweight. Colby Smith and Johnathan Ireland are seeded fifth and Daxtyn Osburn is a No. 6 seed...

Seedings for the Class 1, District 5 basketball tournament were announced this week. On the boys' side, head coach Tyler Judd's Sheldon Panthers are the tournament's fifth seed behind No. 1 Fair Play , Everton , Dadeville and Walnut Grove. Golden City, Lockwood and Halfway round out the tournament...

The Cottey College basketball team is ranked No. 20 again this week in the NJCAA D-II rankings. Louisburg College is No. 1 and the Johnson County, Kan., Community College Lady Cavaliers are second. Head coach Dave Ketterman's Comets are 14-1 on the season as they prepare to host the Lady Archers of St. Louis Community College at 1 p.m., Saturday, at Hinkhouse Center on the campus at Cottey College...

The Drexel High School boys's and girls' basketball teams are the top seeds in the Class 1, District 7 tournament, Feb. 18-23, at Drexel. After the Lady Bobcats, the Montrose Lady Jays are seeded second, Appleton City is third and the Hume Lady Hornets are fourth, followed by Northeast Vernon County, Bronaugh, Miami-Amoret and Ballard. ...

High school seniors across the nation could sign letters of intent to continue their student-athlete careers in college on Wednesday, in observance of National Signing Day. Nevada High School senior Sam Ellifrits has committed to play football for the Bears at Missouri State University in Springfield. He was a two-way lineman for the Nevada Tigers team that went 8-3 under head coach Wes Beachler before a playoff loss to Harrisonville this past season...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- The Hume Lady Hornets kicked off what turned out to be a very quick night of basketball in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference Tournament Thursday with a 63-26 drubbing of the Lady Knights of Northeast Vernon County...

Nevada Daily Mail Do you have an interest in what facilities the new clubhouse at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course will offer? The Archetype Design Group of Leawood, Kan., which has been hired by the city to design the new facility will be holding a public meeting at 2 p.m. today to gather information from area golfers and others who have an interest in the golf course...

Nevada Daily Mail The Community Blood Center will be conducting a blood drive at Cottey College on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 3-6 p.m., in the lobby of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. To make an appointment online go to www.savealifenow.org...

"A lot of the community would like to see the farmers' market grow," Jessica Hunt, Healthy Nevada program coordinator, told about 20 people at a public meeting Thursday night at the community center. "Healthy Nevada is excited to help the market grow," Hunt said...

The Healthy Nevada initiative has taken a crucial step toward long-term sustainability with the formal organization of a board of directors and official incorporation with the office of the Missouri Secretary of State. The newly formed board was officially organized on Jan 16, 2013, and is comprised of nine community members and one representative of Cerner Corp. During their organizational meeting the fledgling board adopted by-laws, elected officers and formed four committees...