Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Office of Emergency Management and Nevada Regional Medical Center will be hosting the annual emergency preparedness exercise This exercise is intended to test our emergency operations plan and to give the different entities the opportunity to work together to enhance their skills and knowledge...

Eric Schneider, assistant principal What inspired you to become an educator? I truly enjoy leading young people. What is most challenging in your role and why? As a teacher, I created and maintained an environment in my classroom where every student was successful and enjoyed being in class. ...

The Bates County Sheriff's Office received a call from the Adrian Police Department about a vehicle that was failing to yield for their patrol officer Sept. 10 at approximately 12:30 a.m. The vehicle left the city limits and traveled south on I-49 to Passaic. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Unused properties on Sheldon's Main Street with overgrown vegetation may have the plug pulled. Sheldon Fire Chief Bill Jeffries brought his concern over the potential fire hazard of live wires in overgrown brush to the Sheldon Board of Aldermen at its meeting Thursday...

The Vernon County Special Response Team was called out early Monday morning to serve a search warrant at a residence in the 1400 block of North Ash Street in Nevada. The warrant was served in a joint effort with the Nevada Police Department and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office...

Record low temperatures seemed to set the early tone in the Saturday morning doubleheader when the Northeast Vernon County Knights took the field in game one against the Lakeland Vikings on Viking field. The game remained scoreless until the fourth inning when both teams warmed up at the plate. Senior Taylor Highfill had a strong outing on the mound, going the distance for the Knights in the 6-5 victory...

Nevada won one of four matches in a tightly contested series with host Fort Scott Monday afternoon and evening. The Nevada seventh grade B team took a pair of squeakers, 26-24, 26-24. The seventh grade A team went three sets with the Kansans, bouncing back from a 25-10 setback in the first to take the second 25-20, only to drop the third 15-7...

The Nevada Tigers emerged victorious in a match against Pierce City and Purdy, Monday evening at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The match was Nevada's final home event of the season. Playing the back nine, senior Hannah Householder shot a 43, which was the overall low individual score...

The Nevada Tigers volleyball team coasted past Clinton in a Tuesday night home match, winning in two sets, 25-14 and 25-13. The NHS junior varsity and freshmen teams also posted victories over Clinton. See Friday's paper for a full recap.

Nevada High's swim team competed at Monett, with several members of the Tigers placing. Dalton Eador captured a pair of first place finishes, winning the 50 free style in 23.01 and the 100 free in 52.66. Thomas Prewitt earned a fourth in the 50 free in 23.93 and a third in the 100 backstroke in 104.59...

Monett shut out the visiting Nevada softball team Monday, scoring two runs in the first inning and two in the third en route to a 4-0 decision. The Tigers collected three hits, all singles, by Taylor Remington, Kayler Ast, and Cheyenne Brewer. Maddie Hedges gave up just five hits on the mound for Nevada, but two NHS errors proved costly...

Nevada's tennis team won a tournament at Monett and then dispatched Harrisonville Monday, 7-2. In the tournament at Monett, Megan Payne, at No. 1, shut out Mickey Curtis (Reeds Springs) 6-0 and downed Alyssa Folks (Clever) 6-1, before getting shaded by Hannah Pitts (Monett) 7-5 to finish in second...

Mary Virginia (Corporon) Shead, 95, of Arcadia, Kan., took her journey to heaven on Sept. 14, 2014. Surrounded by family members and friends, Mary Virginia (also known as Mimi) spent her final hours on Sunday at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. The day before she had watched the Old Settler's Parade in Arcadia. ...

Mary Elaine Lefevre, 55, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., following a lengthy bout with cancer. Elaine was born Nov. 16, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to Robert William Thornburg and Elsie Marie Sass Thornburg. She was united in marriage to Randy Ray Lefevre on Feb. 25, 1978, in Butler, Mo., and he survives of the home...

Lonny Allen Beck, 58, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at his home in Pineville, Mo. He was born June 19, 1956, in Paola, Kan., to Billy and Barbara (Coleman) Beck. He graduated from Sheldon (Mo.) High School in 1974. Lonny moved to Southwest Missouri in the early '80s and was employed by Cooper Concrete, where he became the plant manager and stayed for almost 20 years. ...

Kyptin David Hall and Erica Renee Hall of Nevada announce the birth of son Gates Aron Hall Sept. 2 at 11:05 a.m. at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed eight pounds, three ounces, and measured 22.5 inches. Grandparents are Tony and Julie Becker and Charles and Mitchelle Hall...

Cottey College dropped a recent decision to host LaBette County Community College. The Comets rebounded from a 25-12 loss in the opener to squeeze out the second, 25-23 but lost 25-22. "It was one of those nights where we never could strike up a long standing spark, nor were things going our way," said Cottey Coach Marla Kannady-Foreman...