Stories from Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lennie Marie Stirewalt, 59, Diamond, Mo., passed away late Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at her home in Diamond. She was born Aug. 10, 1954, in St. Joseph, Mo., to John Leonard Long and Rosealie Marie (McNeece) Long. She and Robert Holland were married on Feb. 13, 1974, and to this union three children were born. Later, she and Brad Harlan Stirewalt were married in May 1993, in Carthage, Mo., and he survives of the home...

Terry Dee Stone, 57, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2014, at his home, in Nevada. He was born Nov. 18, 1956, in Colorado, to Dick Leroy Stone and Etna May (Thornley) Stone. Terry graduated from Nevada High School in 1976. He worked for Norman Sheet Metal for more than 20 years. Terry was an avid hunter...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Cottey College Comets basketball team made its return to the gym at Hinkhouse Center Wednesday night, thinking it might have a stiff challenge ahead when the Central Methodist University junior varsity squad came to town...

JOPLIN -- The Nevada Lady Tigers swim team competed Tuesday in the Joplin Duals event at Missouri Southern State University. Senior Grace Reichard won the 400-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 47.5 seconds and turned right around and was part of the Lady Tigers' 200 freestyle relay team that finished first in 1:58.74 -- missing a state championships qualifying time by .35 seconds. ...

CLINTON, Mo. --Senior Easton Mitchell scored a career-best 24 points to lead the fifth-seeded Nevada Tigers basketball team to an upset victory over fourth-seeded Holden, 65-49, Tuesday night, in the first round of the 86th annual Clinton Boys' Basketball Tournament...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Tigers junior varsity basketball team got back into action in the El Dorado Springs Tournament Wednesday night, posting one of their strongest performances of the season. Head coach Kyle Talley's Tigers beat the Butler Bears by a final score of 41-37. Derek O'Dell led the offensive effort for the Tigers with 14 points, followed by Brett Mitchell with eight...

OSCEOLA -- Fresh off of a tough, 61-48 loss to the Pirates of Mack's Creek High School, the Sheldon Panthers basketball team returned to action in the Osceola Tournament Wednesday, taking on Climax Springs in a consolation bracket semifinal game. Things went much differently this time for the Panthers, as they took the victory in Wednesday's contest by a final score of 54-37 to stay alive in the fight for fifth place...

In the 84th annual Archie High School Basketball Tournament Tuesday night, the Butler Bears and Lady Bears, Cass-Midway Vikings and Drexel Lady Bobcats all earned victories in winner's bracket games. Butler defeated Archie's junior-varsity, 61-28, Cass-Midway's Vikings downed the Archie varsity, 34-18. The Butler Lady Bears outscored Holden, 54-33 and the Drexel Lady Bobcats defeated Cass-Midway, 48-37...

Kansas City Power and Light is encouraging utility customers to be wary of phone and email scams. The electric provider notes in a press release that phone scammers have been calling customers and demanding immediate payment for accounts that are supposedly past due...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission held a final hearing on the 2014 budget Wednesday morning and voted unanimously to approve it. Similar to 2013, the county began the year with nearly $507,000 in remaining funds from the previous budget...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors held a closed session after its regular meeting Tuesday to discuss the profitability of each of the hospital's programs. "I've been working on service line analysis, looking at where can we save money and where can we cut it," Interim CFO Craig Stewart said...