Stories from Saturday, February 7, 2015

Thomas G. Cooper, 87, a former resident of Richards, Mo., and more recently of Cameron, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Missouri Veterans' Home, in Cameron. He was born Sept. 17, 1927, in Enid, Okla., the son of William Burton Cooper and Ruth Lois Rudd Cooper. ...

I was cleaning out a file cabinet this week and found an old property deed that belonged to my wife's grandparents. This one looked a little older than any I had seen before, so I started looking through it and noticed the dates were starting back in the late 1800s. ...

Hi neighbors. February has lots of reasons to celebrate. As a month it is designated as: American Heart Month, An Affair to Remember Month, Black History Month, Canned Food Month, Creative Romance Month, Great American Pie Month, National Cherry Month, National Children's Dental Health Month, National Grapefruit Month, and National Weddings Month...

Vernon County Farm Bureau Join the celebration of agriculture as Farm Bureau members across the state share the important contributions of agriculture during Thank a Farmer Week, Feb. 8-14. Agriculture is everywhere! Take a look around and ask, where did this come from? Whether it is food, clothing, shelter, transportation, personal and household items, medications, or school supplies, what we use in our daily lives has a connection to agriculture...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department will host the Spring 2015 Citizens Police Academy starting April 1 at 7 p.m. This program provides citizens with an inside look at the operations of their police department. The program is a lecture and interactive-based program to allow the citizen to view community policing from the law enforcement perspective...

Nevada Daily Mail For five years, John "Chris" Robinson has served communities as a firefighter -- as a volunteer in Lamar for three years and now in Nevada for two. At the end of 2014, he was honored for that dedication when he was named the firefighter of the year...

Nevada Daily Mail In Friday night high school basketball action, the Sheldon Panthers were toppled by the Weaubleau Tigers 82-54 at home. With the loss, the Panthers drop to 8-11. The Sheldon Lady Panthers were defeated 55-12 by the Lady Tigers of Weaubleau...

KANSAS CITY ----The Nevada Tigers boys basketball team fell to Kansas City O'Hara 55-45, in a Friday night West Central Conference clash. "It was a great effort by our kids against a high quality team," Nevada head coach Shaun Gray said. "Unfortunately we didn't rebound well, and we did not handle their pressure late when we had a lead. We must improve in that area coming into the final stretch of the season."...

With the temperature in the 60s and even 70s for the first Missouri Conservation Federation's Media Camp at Lilley's Landing Resort on Lake Taneycomo Jan. 26-29, the trout anglers took advantage of some of the best winter trout fishing in the country...