Stories from Friday, May 9, 2014

Chris Coffman, 66, of Columbia, died May 5, 2014, at his home. Cremation has taken place and per his wishes no services are planned. He is survived by his wife, Linda; three sons, Devin, Hunter and Gentry; as well as siblings, Kathie, Tim, Denny and Pat. Chris retired from University Hospital and the Boone County Health Department as a Registered Nurse...

The Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team drew the top seed in the Class 4, District 12 Tournament, which is scheduled to be played May 17-21, at Bolivar, Mo. After the 14-3 Tigers, Clinton is the second seed, followed by the Liberators, Warrensburg, Harrisonville and Buffalo. ...

Coaches from the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference announced their selections for this year's All-Conference baseball team Thursday. Sheldon High School led the conference with five selections to this year's team, followed by Northeast Vernon County and Bronaugh with three apiece. Ballard and Montrose each earned two All-Conference nods...

Following the completion of a successful season in which the Nevada Lady Tigers basketball team finished with an overall record of 11-14 and played in the district championship game for the 12th time in head coach Brent Bartlett's tenure at the program's helm, the Lady Tigers are already about to start preparations for the new year...

SMITHVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team is scheduled to compete in the Class 3, Sectional 4 Tournament Monday, on the course at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex. The tee times for the tournament were announced Thursday. All five of Nevada's golfers are scheduled to open the tournament on the course's front nine holes...

With the threat of widespread rain across the area, the Nevada R-5 School District was forced to make some changes to its athletic schedules Thursday. The first of those changes was at Nevada High School. The Tigers tennis team was scheduled to host Clinton, but that match was called off due to wet conditions on the courts at Nevada High School and the threat of more rain...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor In a scenario that seems all too common in spring sports across the state of Missouri, the Nevada Tigers baseball team was once again forced to battle the weather Thursday, as it prepared to face the Marksmen of Sherwood High School, at Lyons Stadium. ...

I was in the process of searching online for some summer golf apparel, when I paused to ponder all the changes that have occurred in the ways I have browsed and purchased goods during the span of my life. Is there any segment of our lives that has seen more transformations?...

Nevada Parks and Recreation director Remember the old game of telephone we played when we were kids. We would sit a large circle and whisper something in the ear of the person to our left which was passed around until it had made the full circle. Words were substituted and the whole meaning of the sentence had changed by the time it made it back to the person who had started it. ...

Nevada Daily Mail National Children's Mental Health Week is May 4-10, with National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, Thursday, May 8. Heartland Behavioral Health Services, a children's residential and acute hospitalization facility dedicated to the treatment of youth with mental health issues, substance abuse issues, and/or emotional or behavioral issues; asked for the support of local schools, churches, employers, city officials, and civic organizations in recognizing the significance in National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day by wearing green May 8 to symbolize commitment to children's mental health.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Schell City residents can save a dollar for trash service with $17.50 per bin and $55 per two-yard bins starting in July. Schell City Board of Aldermen approved switching to DB Disposal at its meeting Wednesday. The aldermen approved the switch not only because of savings but also because the town will receive an extra dollar for providing billing and the company is local...

Cottey College is preparing for commencement and other related activities. As these important events draw closer, drivers on Austin are asked to take note of the increased pedestrian and visitor traffic and to drive safely, noted the college in a press release...

Nevada Daily Mail Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson is looking for tips about multiple burglaries that occurred Monday night in Rich Hill. Little information about the burglaries was released. Anderson said burglars appear to have only targeted commercial properties. He said the Rich Hill burglaries may be connected to similar crimes in Appleton City...

Nevada Police concluded an investigation into a felony domestic assault case that occurred during the afternoon hours of April 28 in an apartment located in the 600 block of South Cedar. The 25-year-old female victim was struck in the head and face by a male resident of the apartment during a domestic dispute...

Nevada Daily Mail Several law enforcement groups from the area were involved in the search for a county felon after he was able to evade deputies Tuesday evening. According to Sheriff Jason Mosher, Vernon County deputies engaged in a pursuit Tuesday night with Dillon Reed. A warrant was issued March 25 for Reed's arrest on charges of driving with a revoked or suspended license...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police reported three separate assaults Tuesday, all within a four-hour timeframe. According to Detective Josh Westerhold, officers were dispatched to East Locust at 3:30 p.m. There, a 46-year-old female told police that an intoxicated male caused a disturbance at her home, damaged property and spit on her. Officers at the scene became involved in a foot pursuit, later capturing the suspect, who hid in a garage, on North Cedar Street...

Hi neighbors. There are two very popular television shows that feature fiction novelists as their primary characters. In both of these series we see them talk a lot about their writing, go on speaking engagements, teach college students about writing, teach prison inmates about writing (and committing the perfect murder) and trot all over the United States and Europe on book signings...

This month a Vernon County Deputy will undergo K-9 handler training with the new K-9, Lucy, a yellow lab the Sheriff's Office received this month. Lucy was trained by a professional K-9 trainer and received a national certification for narcotics detection in methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin and cocaine...

National Day of Prayer is a unique celebration because this observance is a celebration of our freedoms, freedoms that have been with us from the beginning of our country. It is a particularly poignant day each year and grows more important in relevance at a time when many in the religious community feel they are under increasing attack from those who they believe would deny these same freedoms...

Donald L. Vaughn, 71, of Camdenton, Mo., lost his battle with cancer at his home on Friday, April 25, 2014. He was born June 3, 1942, to Edward Vaughn and Marguerite (Williams) Vaughn, in Sedalia, Mo. Don grew up in Knob Noster, Mo., where he graduated high school. He later attended CMSU in Warrensburg, but joined the Navy and later received his medical technology degree from the U.S. government...