Stories from Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Donald B. Russell, 89, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center, Nevada. He was born April 7, 1923, in Paola, Kan., to Earnest D. Russell and Fern DeGroot Russell. He and Barbara Braithwaite of Bolivar were married in September 1948. Three children were born of this union. Later, he and Georgia Evelina May were married on Dec. 31, 1968, and she survives of the home...

Joyce LaVaun Carr, 87, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Barone Alzheimer Care Center in Nevada. She was born May 22, 1925, in Walnut, Ill., to Beryl Edward Washburn and Anna Gertrude Orth Washburn. She married Edward Francis Carr on Dec. 16, 1945, in Rock Island, Ill., and he preceded her in death in 1992...

Zachary and Cristin Greenlee of Kirkwood, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Harper Elias Greenlee. Harper was born Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at 3:11 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 22 inches. Maternal grandparents are Jay and Susan Hungerford, Ballwin, Mo. ...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "It's one of the most severe sprains I've seen. I guess sprains can go anywhere from five days to three weeks. We just don't know." Cottey Comets head coach Dave Ketterman has found himself in a tough position as one of his best players, Dayna Turnbull, is out indefinitely thanks to a severely sprained ankle she suffered recently. ...

Nevada Daily Mail DREXEL -- Northeast Vernon County's girls joined Appleton City as first-round winners in the Class 1, District 7 basketball tournament. The Lady Knights edged rival Hume, 54-40, while Bronaugh fell to Appleton City in the late game...

Nevada Daily Mail DREXEL -- Playing the same team twice can be a challenge, particularly when the two teams met earlier in the season. Bronaugh and Hume's boys squared off on Feb. 15, with the Wildcats coming out on top, 80-42. Monday night, in the first round of the district tournament, Bronaugh again prevailed. This time, by a final score of 85-47...

Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College will host a Headphone Disco Silent Dance Party on Saturday. March 2, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Hinkhouse Center Gymnasium. This unique dance arms dancers with their own set of wireless two-channel headphones where they can switch the sound system between two DJs who spin two completely different sets of music side-by-side...

Nevada Daily Mail A Fort Scott, Kan. woman was injured in a single vehicle accident that occurred on Route K about two miles south of Nevada, Monday. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Justin Leemasters, Shirley I. Greenway, 48, of Fort Scott, received moderate injuries when the 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving southbound ran off the roadway about 11:40 p.m. and struck an embankment...

Nevada Daily Mail The Secretary of Agriculture designated St. Claire County Mo., as a primary agricultural natural disaster area on Feb. 13, because of damages and losses caused by drought, making certain farmers and other agricultural producers in contiguous counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency, in addition to other disaster programs...

The Vernon County commission met in regular session on Tuesday to discuss a variety of issues. The first thing on the agenda was to review the Request for Qualifications, submitted by several engineering firms interested in designing one of the county's bridge projects. We must "do an RFQ for any federally funded bridge," said Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord...

The city is starting the process of building an ADA compliant sidewalk along Spring St., from Ashland to Garfield streets to connect the new sidewalks between the high school and community center to Walton Park. Currently there is no fully ADA sidewalks running north, he said...

The search is over. After nearly five calendar years without a conference home, Nevada R-5 School District officials announced in a press conference Tuesday that Nevada will become a provisional member of the West Central Conference, effective in the 2014-'15 school year...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School senior Ashley Shumaker made public her intentions to continue her high jumping career in college on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Shumaker has spent her high school days playing multiple sports at Nevada High School, but her best sport has always been track and field as a high jumper. Under head coach Robert Watts, Shumaker was a member of the Nevada Tigers track team all four years of her high school life...