Stories from Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons got back into action over the weekend, hoping to get back on the winning track and rebound from a losing skid that saw them drop three consecutive MINK League games last week. Though that losing skid did end at three games, the Griffons' League losing streak still continues, since head coach Ryan Mansfield's squad was able to win a non-league game against the Kansas City Monarchs Saturday, before dropping both games in a South Division doubleheader against the Ozark Generals Sunday.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course hosted the Senior Men's Two-Man Scramble last Thursday. The 51-team tournament was divided into two age divisions and each division was divided into flights, with the top three teams in each flight earning awards...

Nevada Daily Mail LAMAR -- The Nevada Neptunes swim team got back into action June 7 and 8, competing in the Lamar Tri-State Invitational swim meet, at the Lamar Aquatic Park. The two-day event featured 12 Tri-State teams, one guest team and a total of roughly 350 swimmers. Of those swimmers, Nevada brought 70 to the meet, which was the most of any team in attendance...

Individual Events: 1st Place Zamora, Addison Female (6 & Under) 25 Free Eador, Kierston Female (6 & Under) 25 Breast Leisure, Emma Female (10 & Under) 100 Free Female (10 & Under) 50 Breast Haner, Makayla Female (13-14) 50 Back Webb, Paige Female (15-18) 50 Free...

Anna Jean Tingley, 80, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital, in Kansas City. She was born Nov. 30, 1933, in Shreve, Ohio, to John Lawrence and Anna Mae (Goodman)Sampsel. She and her husband, Billy Lee Tingley Sr., spent more than 50 years together before his death on June 3, 2000...

Herbert Doering, 87, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, June 16, 2014, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Frederick William and Anna (Beitler) Doering. On Nov. 20, 1987, he was united in marriage to Mary Rose DeSantis and she survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail While the final numbers aren't quite ready, the Bronaugh School District looks as if it'll end the year on a positive financial note. Superintendent Lyle Best told school board members Thursday evening that the school looked to end its fiscal year with an estimated $735,349 in reserves...

Nevada Daily Mail The Hume Board of Education reviewed a preliminary budget at its meeting Wednesday in which the school district would spend $33,000 more than it would take in during the next school year. "We would have been pretty close to a balanced budget if we hadn't bought a reading series and biology books for $14,000," superintendent David Quick said. ...

Nevada Daily Mail On foot, on bikes and with a K-9 -- that's how local law enforcement managed crowds and crime on the Square during Bushwhacker Days. To provide adequate manpower for the expected crowds, Nevada Police officers and Vernon County Sheriff's deputies teamed up Wednesday through Saturday to deter crime, offer help, and simply say hello to festivalgoers...

The Nevada City Council will be considering a resolution to waive several provisions of the city code to allow the Missouri Osage Muzzleloaders to hold an outdoor classroom and a sanctioned Missouri Offhand shooting competition at Marmaduke Park Sept. 11 through 14. The sections of the city code to be waived regard the discharge of firearms in the city limits and closing hours of the parks...