Stories from Friday, April 26, 2013

Kenneth "Kenny" Ray Grant, 63, long-term Bourbon County, Kan., and Vernon County, Mo., resident, passed away on April 18, 2013, following sudden illness. He was born April 21, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Charles "Junior" and Darlene Grant of Redfield, Kan...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The weather was nearly ideal, but the conditions at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course were far from it as the Nevada Tigers golf team took to its home course for the first time this season. The Tigers took to the course with everything from mud pits where the tee boxes should have been to flooded water hazards and greens that were so wet, they provided almost no roll on putts at times. ...

The Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team got back into action on Thursday, hosting the McDonald County Mustangs in an effort to continue its winning ways. Continuing their winning ways was exactly what the Tigers did as they needed all seven innings to do it, but ultimately pulled out a thrilling victory by a final score of 4-3...

The annual All-Comers Track and Field Meet, sponsored by the Nevada High School track and field team, is an all-ages meet designed to give any and all who would like to participate the chance to do so and hopefully spark an interest in track in younger children...

When you were young and were given a gift, often one of your parents would immediately ask, "What do you say?" of course your response was to thank the person for the gift that was received. I think I am grown up enough now that I don't need this type of prodding for me to express thanks. But sometimes it is hard to really express thanks properly...

Dear Editor A wise man once said "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" That wise man was Mr. Rogers, and his wisdom has truly struck in light of the tragic events lately. With all of the madness and destruction, the one constant through it all has been stories of heroism, acts of courage and a community brought together by tragedy...

The Western Missouri 911 Dispatch center has been controlled by a cooperative agreement between Vernon County and the city of Nevada since its inception in 2009. It still is. However, recent disagreements about how much each entity should pay to fund the facility have created tension between the city and county and at times put the center's existence in jeopardy...

Crime victims relatives and advocates as well as community leaders and law enforcement officials joined together on Monday for the annual Crime Victims' Walk from Dr. Warren Lovinger's office on South Ash Street to the Nevada Square. A crowd of several dozen people followed Nevada Police Chief and Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher as they carried the banner proclaiming this week as Crime Victims' Rights Week. ...

The spring turkey season -- which runs from April 15 through May 5 -- shows that turkey hunting in Missouri has come a long way. Spring turkey hunters took 21,437 bearded birds in Missouri during the first week of this season. Leading counties were: Franklin with 560, followed by Texas with 444 and Sainte Genevieve 413...

A number of Nevada High School sports teams, as well as the Cottey College Comets softball team, were scheduled to be in action Friday and Saturday, but thanks to rain that moved through the area Thursday night into Friday, those plans were once again forced to change...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School track and field team competed in the El Dorado Springs track meet Monday and came home with a number of strong finishes and a pair of school jumping records. Those records came in the seventh-grade boys' triple jump when Zach Gardner won the event with a distance of 36 feet, 6 1/2 inches and in the eighth-grade girls' long jump when Megan Hold won the event with a distance of 15-3. ...

Cottey College athletic director and head basketball coach Dave Ketterman has added a pair of new names to his roster for the 2013-14 season. Machela VanGennip is a 5-foot, 7-inch guard from Delta High School in Delta, Mo. The daughter of Chris and Tabitha VanGennip, Machela was a four-time All-District, All-Conference and All-Region selection...