Stories from Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Holly and Michael Suit, of Nevada, Mo., and older sisters, Astoria and Pandora, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Ozma Luretta Suit. Ozma was born at 10:11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "We played flat, but we got a win." The showing was far from a pretty one, but the Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team and head coach Ashley Thoreson came out on the up side of things, in the end. Though there were far more problems than Thoreson would like to see, the Lady Tigers ultimately came out with a victory over Ash Grove by the final scores of 25-15 and 25-16 Tuesday night...

The Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team entered postseason play Monday afternoon, at Nevada High School, and put forth a strong performance in the first round of the district play. The Lady Tigers defeated Clinton, 5-2, to stay alive in the Class 1, District 12 tournament. ...

The Cottey College Comets volleyball team played at home in front of the largest crowd of the season Saturday afternoon, taking on Labette Community College on Family Weekend. "What an amazing day at Cottey," Comets head coach Marla Kannady Foreman said. ...

Do you have questions about the Affordable Care Act? Are you asking how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your community? University of Missouri Extension is offering an informational session about the new health care law that can help families, individuals and businesses understand their options and responsibilities...

The Nevada Housing Authority administrative office and Crawford House will be closed Monday, Oct. 14, for employee in-service training. Only emergency work orders will be processed Monday. Tenants may call 417-448-9740 for those emergency work orders...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission met during its regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday to pay some monthly bills and discuss an upcoming land use study at Camp Clark and work out the details for a kickoff to the Katy Allen Restoration Project...

It only took the Nevada Planning Commission about 10 minutes to hold a public hearing, discuss and then vote unanimously to accept the preliminary plat Monte Curtis presented at the commission's Tuesday meeting for the Curtis Business Park. Curtis Business Park is located east of the Vernon County Jail at the north end of Mac Boulevard. A small portion of this property will eventually be the new home of the Children's Center...

The Nevada Police Department reports that they have concluded investigations into two separate cases that culminated in the arrest of suspects on Monday. The first investigation began in September when Nevada Police received a report that a 17-year-old Nevada man was attacked by a man near North Lynn and East Locust streets. ...