Stories from Saturday, April 6, 2013

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team got back into action Friday afternoon in the Bill O'Dell Tournament with a lot on the line as head coach Danny Penn's squad took on Carl Junction for a spot in the tournament championship game...

The Nevada Tigers freshman baseball team Thursday traveled to the Joplin Freshman Tournament Thursday and came home with far less than favorable results. In the first game of the day, head coach Chase Owen's squad fell to Carthage by a final score of 14-5, in five innings. That loss put the Tigers into the consolation side of the bracket, where McDonald County handed Nevada its second loss of the day by a final score of 8-6...

HUME -- A Hume High School senior has announced her plans to continue her athletic career in college. Emily Brooks was a member of head coach Delanya Thompson's Lady Hornets basketball team for all four years of high school and despite tearing her ACL early in the 2012-13 season, joined All-District and All-Conference selection and 2012 Hume High School graduate Makena Thompson in the 1,000-point club...

The Missouri State High School Baseball Coaches' Association has released its first in-season rankings for the 2013 baseball season. Head coach Danny Penn's Nevada Tigers didn't quite make the cut, but did appear on the list of schools that received votes, along with Sullivan. ...

It's turkey time! With cooperation from the weather, this could be another very good season. While heading for the river to get in on the white bass, crappie and walleye runs, I nearly ran off the road when I saw three big gobblers all fanned out in front of several hens. It's a sight that gets the adrenaline going...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- Pleasant Hill edged Nevada, 167-170, Thursday in a golf dual on the front side of the Quarry course at the Country Creek Golf Club. Taylor Livingston led the Roosters with a 1-over-par 37 -- one shot better than Nevada's Andrew Quitno. Nevada freshman Levi Palmer turned in what head coach Brian Leonard called, "a steady round of 40."...

Diana Foret and Layton Fox are engaged and will be married today, April 6, 2013, at the Milo Baptist Church, in Milo, Mo. Diana is the daughter of Betty and Terry Poland of Nevada. Layton is the son of Steve and Sherrie Fox, also of Nevada. Diana is a 2012 graduate of Nevada High School and is employed by St. Mary's School in housekeeping...

The role of a detective is built into almost every law enforcement agency today. A detective investigates crimes that require follow-up work that includes talking to witnesses, interviewing suspects, collecting evidence and following up on leads. The use of detectives developed over time, but one of the most popular detectives in the United States was a deputy sheriff in Chicago named Allen Pinkerton, who started the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1852. ...

The call came at 6:30. "It's art class today. Are you available?" Not quite awake, I mumbled, sure, or something like that. As I slowly came out of what had been some fitful slumbers, I did some quick calculations as soon as my mind caught up. Art -- let's see, I had that back in seventh grade, what, 40 plus years ago?...

Hi neighbors. It is finally starting to feel like spring! I've seen crocus in bloom and the brave little dandelions are popping up all over. It was this proclivity to bloom early that inspired early immigrants to bring dandelions with them. Once in the New World they made themselves at home...

Editor's Note: Daily Mail reporter Rusty Murry is attending the first Community Emergency Response Team training and is reporting periodically on the progression of the class. The following article is his latest installment. Rather than deliver a blow by blow account of what has happened at the past two or three Community Emergency Response Team classes, I thought it would be interesting to find out what my fellow students had to say about the class. ...

The Nevada Municipal Wastewater Facility and Alliance Water Resources received the 2012 Facility of the Year Award from the Missouri Water Environment Association at its recent annual meeting. This award is given in recognition of outstanding plant performance and quality of effluent discharged. Nevada received the award in large facility operations category, which also includes the cities of Springfield, St. Louis and Kansas City...

Bob T. Beisly III appeared in the Vernon County courtroom of Associate Circuit Judge Neal Quitno on Thursday for a preliminary hearing on several felony and misdemeanor charges filed over the course of several months in 2012. Beisly was charged in Vernon County on June 6 with theft of property or services worth at least $500 but less than $25,000, a Class C felony. ...

Nevada resident Bob T. Beisly II, charged with the July 2009 murder of his estranged wife, Belinda, was denied bond during a brief hearing in Vernon County Circuit Court Friday morning. Beisly appeared by closed circuit video from the Vernon County Jail. After hearing arguments from defense attorney Tyce Stewart Smith and Prosecuting Attorney Lynn M. Ewing, Associate Circuit Judge Neal Quitno rejected Smith's motion for reasonable bond and ordered Beisly held in custody until trial...

The identities of two people injured in a house fire in Nevada on March 29 have been released by Nevada police. Capt. Casey Crain identified the men as Charles Horn, 35, of Nevada, and John Stanfell, 40, of Lamar. Fire Chief Bill Thornton said the two men were in the house but had been taken to Nevada Regional Medical Center before firefighters and police officers arrived at the scene...