Stories from Saturday, April 12, 2014

NEOSHO, Mo. -- Adding yet another feather in their caps during what has become a very successful season, the Nevada Tigers golf team went back out on the road Thursday, and came home with the first-place team trophy in the Neosho Kick-Off Tournament, with a final team score of 298...

CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team returned to action in the Bill O'Dell Tournament Thursday, against the Cubs of Monett High School, hoping to erase the bad memories from Tuesday's 8-2 loss to Webb City. That goal didn't work out this time, however, as head coach Danny Penn's squad suffered a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Cubs...

Hoping to rebound from a shutout loss to Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday and an 8-1 loss at Carthage Thursday, the Nevada Tigers tennis team made its return to the home courts against Fort Scott Friday. By the time all was said and done, head coach Clay Wheeler's squad did just that, defeating Fort Scott, 5-4...

It was talking turkey time at the 11th annual Youth Turkey Hunting Clinic at Everhart's Wilderness Lodge, northwest of Clinton, last Saturday. A total of 40 children, age 9 through 15, from all across the state attended the event to learn about the rules and regulations on the upcoming Youth Weekend Hunt, April 12-13...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Cottey College softball team has had more than its share of struggles this season and though the Comets took to Vanek Family Memorial Field Tuesday in an attempt to right the ship, those struggles continued as head coach Shelli Stanley's squad dropped a pair of games against the Lady Blue Devils of Kansas City, Kan., Community College...

Nevada Daily Mail In an effort to reduce speeding in town, five new 35 mph speed limit signs have been posted on access roads to Deerfield. The Deerfield Board of Trustees discussed reducing the limits further to 25 mph or 15 mph at its meeting on Tuesday...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon sports fans will have cause to celebrate with the Sheldon Board of Education's decision to purchase two new scoreboards for the gym at its meeting Wednesday. The board members agreed to purchase the scoreboards at a cost of no more than $13,000, from the Max Wisehart donation and dedicate the boards in his honor...

Jacqueline S. (McCorkendale) Schelp, 79, passed away April 10, 2014. Jacqueline was born May 16, 1934, in Pitcher, Okla., the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Flora Nadine (Bohnstedt) Bennett. Jacqueline married George McCorkendale in 1952, and they shared 27 years of marriage together. George passed away in 1979. In 1980, she married Wilbert Schelp. Wilbert preceded her in death in 1989...

Fort Scott Tribune A Nevada teenager was injured when she was ejected from the vehicle she was driving Thursday evening, in Bourbon County, Kan. The accident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. in the area of 255th Street and Poplar Road. According to a report from the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, the 16-year-old driver was traveling north on 255th Street when the 2000 Grand Am she was driving began to slide. ...

Ruth Ada Fattig died in San Diego on Sunday, March 16, 2014, at the age of 90. She was born Dec. 10, 1923, in McCook Neb., the daughter of Mabel and Fred Roggensees. She spent her youth in McCook, growing up next door to Harvey Cavell Fattig, her future husband. She moved to a farm near Nevada, Mo., with her parents, her sister Betty, and her brother Doug, when she was 13, and graduated from Walker High School...

Tyler and Sara Parrack, of Nevada, Mo., and older brothers, Cooper Lee and Case Thomas, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Carson Joe Parrack. Carson was born at 11:24 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Sheriff's Office has recovered illegal drugs and made multiple arrests in three towns within the county in one day. Sheriff Jason Mosher said members of his office and the CNET Drug Task Force conducted several investigations on drug activity Thursday...