Stories from Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon's park will get a sprucing prior to the Old Settler's Picnic as decided by Sheldon Community Betterment Committee on Monday. The group plans to meet at 8 a.m., Aug. 9, at the park to clean up trees, fix up the bathrooms, plant flowers and pick up trash around the park. Phyllis Sprenkle said she would look into getting students involved with the clean up. She said she would also ask the board of aldermen to take on a project before the picnic...

Nevada Daily Mail A Rich Hill man was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections in the Vernon County Circuit Court Tuesday. Brendan Moreland pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine. Moreland also faced a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, but that charge was dropped. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Commissioners signed closeout paperwork Tuesday for a bridge project in Montevallo. Lindsey Chaffin, an engineer with Great River Associates, visited the commission to supply the final paperwork. Chaffin explained the documents, which required the commission's signatures, showed that all inspections and construction had been completed...

Nevada Daily Mail Bouncing back from a three-game losing streak, the Nevada Griffons upended front-running Sedalia Monday night, 9-4. The Griffons exploded for a five-run fifth inning and finished with 10 hits. Earlier, the Griffons lost to the Joplin Outlaws 8-1, the St. Joseph Mustangs 3-2, and the Outlaws 5-4...

The Nevada Neptunes continued their busy swim season, capturing third place in the Parsons Dolphins Tri-State Invitational meet June 28-29 at the Parsons Municipal Pool. The two-day event featured 11 tri-state teams (Nevada included), and 222 swimmers. Nevada sent 26 swimmers, led by head coach Karen Claypool...