Stories from Wednesday, May 21, 2014

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The fourth of eight members of the winningest senior class in Nevada High School baseball history announced his plans to continue his playing career at the college level Tuesday. Easton Mitchell has made a habit of not only being a leader on every Nevada Tigers team for which he has played, but also building a reputation among his teammates and coaches as one of the toughest members of the team. ...

Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley led the presentation of the Kelly Bradham Newcomer Award in the Nevada High School library Tuesday. Created in November of 2001, the Kelly Bradham Newcomer Award is presented to the athlete who has made the most significant contribution as a first-time letterwinner of any varsity athletic team at Nevada High School, for the current school year. ...

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team's 2014 season came to a sudden and disappointing end Monday afternoon, with a 2-1 upset loss to the fourth-seeded Tigers of Warrensburg High School in the Class 4, District 12 Tournament semifinals. Warrensburg sophomore Cody Roop held the Tigers -- who brought a .343 team batting average into Monday's contest -- to four hits and a first-inning run that scored on a double by center fielder Lane Ketterman. ...

FREMONT HILLS, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team finished seventh in the Class 3 state tournament Tuesday, at Fremont Hills Country Club. Pembroke Hill won the state team championship with a two-day score of 637, with Logan-Rogersville and Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School tied for second at 640. Cape Girardeau Notre Dame was fourth with a 649 followed by West Plains (652), Hannibal (663), Nevada (667) and Priory (674)...

Leonette Christine Hammontree, 37, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, May 19, 2014, in Nevada. She was born June 8, 1976, to Kenneth Leon Jr. and Linda Paulette (Sewell) Chesnut and was the light of their lives. On May 10, 1995, she was united in marriage to Joseph William Hammontree and he survives of the home. Together the couple became parents of two children...

Leland and Elizabeth Johnson, of Nevada, Mo., and older brother, Kirk, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Sadie Bernice Johnson. Sadie was born at 12:58 p.m., Sunday, May 11, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 19 and 1/2 inches...

Jeremy and Jenna Snead Cracraft, of Harrisonville, Mo., and older siblings, Lanie and Wyatt, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Chet Woodrow Cracraft. Chet was born at 8:35 p.m., Friday, May 2, 2014, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Sheldon Panthers baseball team and head coach Jason Irwin can finally call themselves district champions. Despite being a heavy underdog, the Panthers brought an end to a 19-year drought Tuesday night, defeating the Drexel Bobcats by a final score of 5-1 to take the Class 1, District 7 championship...

Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Lester Thornton's article "Pay Your Tax! Who? Me?" of May 14. First, no responsible person would advocate that we should not pay taxes. My article was simply to present a system of taxation that is, by its nature, simpler, more efficient and yes, fairer...

Alliance Water Resources, Inc., started flushing of water mains in Nevada Monday, May 19. Customers within the area of the flushing and surrounding influence areas may experience some discoloration in their water if usage occurs during the flushing period...

As the first event of the 2014-'15 season, the Community Council on the Performing Arts will be staging "The Little Mermaid Jr.," directed by Johanna Beck. Auditions are scheduled for May 27, 28 and 29 at 4 p.m. each day at the Fox Playhouse, 110 S. Main...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council finalized the city's pledge to cover a portion of the cost of bringing entertainment to Nevada for the 50th Bushwhacker Days Celebration when it voted unanimously to approve two ordinances, one, appropriating $5,000, from the city's motel tax, to cover the cost of engaging David Phelps as the headline performer for the Wednesday June 11 Gospel Night. ...

Nevada Daily Mail After several attempts from his attorney to receive a new trial, David Terry, 33, of El Dorado Springs, was sentenced by Judge James Bickel Tuesday afternoon for his conviction of sexual misconduct with a child under age 15. Around 4 p.m., Attorney Richard Koehler asked Bickel for a new trial and suggested Terry had limited mental capacity. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A Nevada woman was killed Tuesday afternoon when her motorcycle collided with another vehicle. Leonette Hammontree, 37, was driving west on U.S. Highway 54 outside of Nevada when the wreck occurred around 3:45 p.m. According to an accident report by Missouri Highway Patrol trooper Justin Leemasters, a second driver, 17-year-old Jesse Claypool, of Richards, failed to yield after stopping and pulled into Hammontree's path...