Stories from Friday, March 15, 2013

Evelyn Ella Austin, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Fort Scott Manor, Fort Scott, Kan., following an illness of several months. She was born Nov. 19, 1931, in Springfield, Mo., to Dee Vern Goodpaster and Sylvia Vina Parker Goodpaster. She married Charles C. Austin on April 11, 1952, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

Margie M. (Dennis) Carter, 90, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013, into the loving arms of our Father. Margie entered this world on Sept. 20, 1922, the first child of six to Bessie and Roy Dennis. Margie attended school in Carterville and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School...

Tammi Jo Patterson, 48, Harwood, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013, at Cedar County Hospital, El Dorado Springs, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born June 9, 1964, in Nevada, Mo., to Glenn Dale Vandenburg Sr. and Susie Leona "Mickey" Stone Vandenburg...

Hazel Lee Thomas, 81, of Raytown, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at her home after a brief illness. Born in Jefferson City, Mo., to William E. Siebert and Pearl (McNew) Siebert, she and her family moved to Nevada, Mo., when she was a child. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1949 and shortly thereafter left for the big city of Kansas City where she worked at a film company...

Brandi Corbin and Jeremy Maus are proud to announce the birth of their son, Kohl William Maus. Kohl was born on Feb. 25, 2013, at 1:02 p.m., at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Kohl weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Kohl has a brother, Ethan...

Nevada Daily Mail The coaches in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference have released their All-Conference boys' and girls' basketball teams for the 2012-13 season. Three area schools each earned five spots on this year's teams and all five starters on one local school's girls' team made the list. Head coach Delanya Thompson's Hume Lady Hornets starting five all earned either first- or second-team honors...

Have you watched televised fishing shows lately? Most would have you believe that you can only catch fish with a $25,000 fishing boat. Don't sell the cane pole at a garage sale just yet. Bank fishermen can and will experience success like boat anglers, but with a slightly different approach...