Stories from Tuesday, April 22, 2014

CARTHAGE -- Despite far less than ideal playing conditions, the Nevada Tigers golf team finished eighth Monday, in the Sonic/Carthage Invitational tournament, on the Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Tigers head coach Brian Leonard said the day's first five holes were played in the rain...

After a rough start to the season in the Bill O'Dell Tournament, at Carthage, The Nevada Tigers baseball team has found itself on a tear that has resulted in an eight-game winning streak and a significant increase in confidence for head coach Danny Penn and his squad...

Nevada Daily Mail During its' April 7 meeting Bronaugh's Board of Aldermen once again reviewed the town's water and sewer rates. Lois East, a representative from U.S. Department of Agriculture, submitted her review of the town's financial reports and gave the aldermen recommendations on rates...

Two Nevada teens were involved in a one-car accident Wednesday afternoon. Dustin Robinson, 15, of Nevada, was driving east on Tally Bend Road one mile west of Milo when he lost control of his vehicle. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Robinson's vehicle ran off the gravel road where it then struck a utility pole...

Two Vernon County men were involved in unrelated motorcycle accidents over the weekend. James Krohn, 25, of Nevada, wrecked his Harley Davidson around 8 p.m., Friday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Krohn was driving north on Interstate 49, about a half mile south of Nevada at the time of the accident. His motorcycle ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

Nevada Daily Mail Today's drug culture continues to evolve and law enforcement does the same to combat the challenge, Shane Hirschman of the Synthetic Drug Task Force told members of the Nevada Lions Club at a recent meeting. While synthetic substances known as K-2 and "bath salts" remain a challenge, variations of these drugs and a new concoction, krokodil, a mixture of meth and heroin, are showing up in the greater Kansas City and St. Louis areas...

Nevada Daily Mail Swine herds that have experienced outbreaks or tested positive for PEDv are now required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to report infection. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday new measures to control and understand the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and swine delta coronavirus -- a similar virus discovered by Ohio researchers in February. Those regulations will require mandatory reporting of outbreaks and movement tracking...

Gary Wayne Carpenter, 71, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1942, in Barton County, Mo., to Leo Franklin Carpenter and Evelyn Cora Claypool Carpenter. He married Joyce Ann Kroening on Sept. 1, 2001, at Pentecostal Assembly in Nevada, Mo...

Linda Joy Craig, 56, of Nevada, Mo., passed away April 18, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. She was born Aug. 20, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Donald Wilbur and Jeanne Marie (Makinen) Craig. After living most of her early life in Wisconsin, the family moved to Colorado when she was a senior where Linda graduated from Cherry Creek High School in Aurora. ...

Susan Phillips, 63, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at her daughter's home in Joplin. She was born on Feb. 11, 1951, in Scranton, Pa., to John William Hall and Helen Rita (O'Hara) Hall. Early in her life Susan married Larry Richards and together they had a son and daughter. On Oct. 23, 1997, she married James William (Bill) Phillips in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Tressie Faye Thomas, 70, of Schell City, Mo., died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Christian Healthcare, in Nevada. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, at Zion Cemetery, Schell City, Mo.

Sharon Louise Kafer, 72, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. She was born March 28, 1942, in Walker, Mo., to Arthur Harold Julian and Vera Claudine (Hubbard) Julian. Sharon was born and raised in Walker, Mo., and graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 1959. ...