Stories from Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Teresa Belle Spencer, 39, El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away at her home on Sunday, June 16, 2013. She was born June 18, 1973, in Alexandria, La., to James Leslie Lear and Donna LaVaughn Spangler Lear. She married Robert E. Spencer on Nov. 21, 1994, in Nevada, Mo., and he survives of the home...

More than 150 cyclists are expected to be speeding around the streets in the downtown area the evening of July 13, and around the Nevada High School early morning of July 14 in the first ever Tour of Nevada hosted by Nevada Tourism and sponsored by Cerner...

Walker's new siren is a "huge monster," Mayor Robert "Leon" Gier said at the city's board of aldermen meeting Monday. The old siren was an old World War II bomb siren. Walker purchased a used siren for $750, rather than purchase a new one for $10,000...

People who bring dogs to Nevada city parks may soon be required to keep them on leashes. The Nevada City Council unanimously approved Tuesday the first reading of a general ordinance requiring any dogs in city parks to be on a leash held by the owner or the person bringing the dog to the park. Dogs also will not be allowed in the defined areas surrounding playground equipment or tied to park equipment...

A young Nevada man has only been painting for three or four months and already he is experiencing early success with his first exhibit in the B-Vogue Salon and Art Gallery in Independence this month. Hunter Lukenbill, 16, is the featured artist at the gallery in June and will be one of the featured artists during this week's Third Friday Art Walk in the Englewood Station Arts District of Independence...

Cottey College athletic director and head basketball coach Dave Ketterman pushed his total of new signees up to eight with the addition of four new names to the list. Joining earlier signees Linsey Denney, Machela VanGennip, Emily Allen and Alyssa Jones on next year's team will be Caley Shaffstall, Emily Ashley, Leiani Tautiepa and Ciera Wong. Those eight players will join returning letterwinners Cassie Hale, Caryli Ingles and Kat Zumalt on the 2013-14 Comets squad...

CLARINDA, Iowa -- The Clarinda A's used a seven-run third inning as the springboard to an 11-3 MINK League victory over the Nevada Griffons Tuesday night at Eberly Field in the second game of a three-game series. The Griffons drew first blood in the contest when Cal Hogan drove in a run with a first-inning single, but the A's didn't stay down long, taking over the game in the third. ...

The Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course hosted the Senior Men's Two-Man Scramble on June 13. The 53-team tournament was divided into two age divisions and each division was divided into flights, with the top three teams in each flight earning awards. This year's tournament was sponsored by First National Bank; Metz Bank; Heritage State Bank; B.G. Wolfe, CPA; and Suthlerlands...