Stories from Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Christopher Earl "Chris" Otter, 36, Deerfield, Mo., passed away at his home on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, unexpectedly. He was born on Dec. 8, 1976, in Nevada, Mo., to James E. Otter and Nancy Earlene Davis Otter. He was raised along with his only sibling, Corey, by their parents, Nancy and John A. Walker, in the Deerfield area. On March 7, 1998, he married Kelly Wright from LaCygne, Kan., and she survives of the home...

James Robert McCarthy, 84, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Medicalodge in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born on Aug. 4, 1928, in Chillicothe, Mo., to Nolan Francis McCarthy and Coila Lafferty McCarthy. He married Bernice Elizabeth McCoy November 1949 in Hawaii and she preceded him in death. He later married Mildred McCoy in Nevada, and she also preceded him in death...

Christopher and Chelsea Deines of Nevada, Mo., and older sister Mollie Kay are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Anders Christopher Deines. Anders was born at 11:27 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 22 inches...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Just one night after starting off slow and sluggish on their way to eking out a 49-40 victory over Springfield Central, the Nevada Lady Tigers put forth one of their most dominant performances in a 68-28 victory over the Lady Bears of Butler High School at Wynn Gymnasium Tuesday night...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Hume's girls captured the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference Tournament Saturday, squeezing out a 36-34 victory over Montrose to cap the tournament. Hume reached the finals with wins over Ballard and NEVC, while Montrose beat Sheldon and Bronaugh...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- Sheldon steadily pulled away in the second half and took the boys' championship of the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference basketball tournament Saturday night with a 65-47 victory over rival Bronaugh...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers junior varsity basketball squad got back into action Tuesday night, earning a hard-fought victory over the Butler Lady Bears. Things didn't start off well for either team as poor shooting kept the score low throughout the opening half. The Lady Tigers found themselves down by one at 6-5 after the opening period, but came back with their second-strongest quarter of the game in the second to take a 16-12 halftime lead...

The Vernon County University of Missouri Extension Council met Monday night at the Vernon County Senior Center, 301 N. Main St., in Nevada, to welcome new members Darrell Hickman, Erik Andersen, Jeani Longstreth, Leslie Carroll-Bartlett, Chris Mason, Marlana Shipley and Frank Wilson to the council during its annual banquet...

With the mission of motivating students and staff by rewarding individual academic excellence, the Renaissance program began at Nevada High School in the fall of 2002. Nevada Public School educators Debby Bogart and Ranea Schulze went to a national Renaissance conference sponsored by Jostens in Orlando that summer and brought back a plan for starting the program here...

Daily Mail staff reports Red, pink, love, hearts, teddy bears, roses, and chocolate -- what do these things all have in common -- Valentine's Day. For one local charity, Valentine's Day is the marker for one of their local fundraisers. Council on Families in Crisis will once again host the annual Valentine's Day Chocolate Sale. According to Martha Sander, executive director, this will be the 15th year for the sale...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD -- Nevada High School senior Silas Smith poured in a career-best 43 points to lead the Nevada Tigers to an 80-59 victory at Springfield Central Tuesday night. Smith moved up two spots on the all-time career scoring list at Nevada High School to 12th with 1,051 points, just two shy of eleventh and 22 away from cracking the top 10...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball team opened the Tri-County Tournament Monday night, defeating Joplin East by a final score of 42-35 in the first round. "We shot extremely well tonight," Nevada head coach Robert Miner said after the game. "We blocked out and dominated the boards on both ends of the court."...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's eighth-grade basketball team lost a nail-biter to Neosho by a final score of 42-40 in the opening round of the Tri-County Tournament Monday. The team finished up with an overall record of 9-4 on the season. Tyler Ketterman played "an outstanding ballgame" and led the Tigers with 20 points," noted head coach Tyson Beshore. Matt Sommer and Patrick Ferry both had eight points...

On July 15, 2009, the body of Belinda J. Beisly was discovered in her rural home near Richards, Mo. by a Vernon County Deputy who was checking on her well-being in response to a call. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound, with the estimated time of death between 11:50 p.m., July 14, and the early morning hours of July 15...