Stories from Thursday, May 2, 2013

Kleetis M. Wirth, 84, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Christian Healthcare, in Nevada. She was born on Nov. 9, 1928, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Carl F. and Jennie Andrews Wirth. Kleetis graduated from Nevada High School in 1946. She was a member of the Church of God Seventh Day with headquarters in Denver, Colo., and attended Seventh Day Adventist, Nevada. Kleetis worked for the Nevada School District for more than 42 years...

Warrensburg has been seeded first for the Class 3, District tennis tournament, which is set to be played next week. Clinton is the second seed with Knob Noster third, Harrisonville fourth and Nevada fifth. The tournament opens Monday afternoon with a 4:30 p.m. dual between Nevada and Harrisonville, at Harrisonville...

KANSAS CITY -- Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley met with officials from the other six members of the West Central Conference in preparation for Nevada's entry into the conference in the 2014-15 school year. McKinley and the athletic directors from Center, O'Hara, Clinton, Warrensburg, Smith-Cotton and St. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada High School baseball team made its final appearance of the season at Lyons Stadium Wednesday night, hoping to continue its winning ways. The Tigers came into the night having won their last four games, dating back to April 22, when they defeated the Carl Junction Bulldogs at home. The last time the Tigers lost was April 20, at Clinton...

JOPLIN -- The Nevada Middle School boys' and girls' track and field squads went out on the road last week and came home with a number of strong finishes. Nevada finished the meet with four individual first-place finishes and five second-place finishes. Those gold-medal performances came from Matt Sommer in the high jump, Hunter Mason in the 400-meter dash and Jayden Chei in the triple jump...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation Caring with Pride Golf Classic at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, in Nevada, begins May 10, at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start. The tournament will be played in a three-person scramble format, with special hole events, mulligans and skins game, a hole-in-one contest and prize drawings. Entry fee pays for green fees, registration gifts, continental breakfast, beverage and snack carts, a lunch buffet and an awards ceremony...

The city of Nevada has paid its portion of the cooperative agreement that funds the Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center for January, February and March and the sheriff's office was in the process of paying the county's part, Tonya Davis, the center's acting director, told the board of directors during its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday...

If the Missouri Legislature does not decide to expand the Medicaid program in Missouri the Nevada Regional Medical Center stands to lose out on a couple of million dollars. "It's money we are leaving on the table if the Medicaid expansion is not put in place by the legislature," Judy Feuquay, NRMC chief executive officer, said during Tuesday's monthly board meeting. "That doesn't' touch long-term care -- just NRMC."...

A man wanted in Vernon County for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old and other crimes has been captured in Kansas. Michael Chew, 29, of Neosho, was taken into custody in Cherokee County, Kan., Monday. He has been on the run since early March when he was accused of committing several crimes east of Milo...

Residents in the city of Sheldon will have law enforcement protection thanks to an agreement between the city and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office. Vernon County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract between the city and county that will allow the sheriff's office to provide limited law enforcement services in the city...