Stories from Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail Mt. Gilead United Methodist Church of Bolivar has partnered with Chapter 918, Vietnam Veterans of America, Nevada, to send care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan. Thirty-eight members of the U.S. Army Reserve 414th Military Police Company, Joplin, have deployed for an 11-month tour. ...

Nevada Daily Mail For decades, the Nevada Griffons organization has offered an opportunity for college students to play baseball at an elite level in the Jayhawk League, which was primarily made up of Kansas teams, for the first 25 years or so and now in the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas League...

Nevada Daily Mail Small school systems are striving to meet society's increasing technology. Hume R-8 Schools is doing the same, working to get caught up with the growing need to help students be prepared for the next step in their lives, whether it is college or the workforce...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department held its fourth annual Shop with a Cop event Saturday, providing children of the community an opportunity to pick out gifts for family members and themselves. Because of donations from the community, the department was able to provide nine children with about $200 for gifts. Each child partnered with a police officer as they made their way through Wal-Mart in search of items on their lists...

The Nevada Tigers high school wrestling team competed at the Carl Junction Classic over the weekend, where several Tigers advanced to first-place matches. Individual results Round 2: Jacob Johnson (Nevada) over Seth Bennett (Labette County, fall 0:37); Round 3: Johnson over Zach Consier (Carl Junction, fall 0:31); Round 4: Johnson over Kyle Hall (McDonald County, fall 0:41); first-place match: Johnson over Bryce Logan (Monett, MD 20-10)...

JOPLIN ---- After narrowly missing out on an opportunity to play in the Tri-County Tournament championship game, the Nevada Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team instead settled for a 33-0 blowout win over Neosho in the third-place game...

Nevada High School basketball teams split with Sedalia Smith-Cotton Friday on the road, with the girls prevailing 49-37 and the boys falling 57-41. In the girls' game, the Tigers got out quickly, racing to an 18-5 first-quarter advantage. NHS went cold, managing just two points in the second period. The Tiger defense allowed just seven points but the margin was cut to 20-12 at intermission...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets hosted the Red Devils of Allen County Community College on Friday night at Hinkhouse Center, losing 62-56. This was the second meeting of the year between teams, with the Comets losing 91-84 in Iola, Kan., Nov. 25...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER ---- The Sheldon Lady Panthers picked up a 42-25 road victory against the Northeast Vernon County Knights, Friday night. Sheldon forward Logan Lamb was a force inside, connecting on 10 field goals, while going 3 for 5 from the free throw line, to finish with a game-high 23 points...

Nevada Daily Mail WALKER ---- The Northeast Vernon County Knights boys basketball team continued their winning ways, defeating the Sheldon Panthers 38-33 Friday night. With the victory, the Knights improve to 5-1 overall, and 3-0 in the Golden Valley Conference.Sheldon drops to 1-4 overall, and 1-2 in GVC play...