Stories from Tuesday, March 17, 2015

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail A victim of a sexual assault has a lot to work through emotionally and mentally, said Zak Wilson, development director for the Missouri Coalition against domestic and sexual violence. According to its website, MCADSV "works to improve laws, systems, and policies to address and prevent violence against women in Missouri...

The Vernon County Retired Educators, a chapter of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and Public School Personnel, hosted Sen. Ed Emery and Rep. Patricia Pike Friday morning for breakfast and for an update on current legislative issues of interest to the chapter...

Rep. Patricia Pike touched on a variety of topics during Friday morning's legislative update with members of the Vernon County Retired Educators, a chapter of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and Public School Personnel. Pike and Sen. Ed Emery provided opening remarks and then fielded questions from the audience...

Sen. Ed Emery was peppered with concerns from members of the Vernon County Retired Educators, a chapter of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and Public School Personnel, during Friday morning's legislative update that served as the main portion of the agenda for the group's monthly meeting...

Anna Louise Watts, 89, of Nevada, passed from this life Saturday, March 14, 2015, at her home. She was born April 20, 1925, in Charleston, Mo., the daughter of John Henry and Bessy (Schofield) Gibbear. When Anna was 2 years of age, she, along with her family, moved to the St. ...

Dale Arlan Langshaw, 79, Kansas City, Kan., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Northcare Hospice House, in North Kansas City, Mo. He was born on April 14, 1935, in Independence, Kan., to Virgil K. and Leona E. (George) Langshaw. He married Kay F. Armstrong on June 24, 1955, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

The Bronaugh Wildcats fifth-and sixth grade girls and boys basketball teams earned a home split with the Northeast Vernon County Knights. Boys game The Knights defeated the Wildcats 31-20. NEVC's Justin Culbertson scored 17 points, hitting 3 of 8 free throws, while Dayton Davis chipped in with 12 points...

The Nevada Tigers baseball team played two four inning exhibition contests in Saturday's Neosho Jamboree, which was moved to Missouri Southern State University in Joplin due to weather. The Tigers dropped their first game, falling to Neosho 7-1, and later lost to Seneca 3-1...

Nevada Daily Mail Winning 16 consecutive games is a nice accomplishment at any level in organized basketball. The 2014-15 Nevada Lady Tigers junior varsity basketball team did just that, beginning the season by dropping their first four contests, before reeling off 16 straight victories over a nearly three-month period...