Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Dora Jane Garrett, 73, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Monday, April 27, 2015, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, in Lamar. She was born April 21, 1942, in Yakima, Wash., the daughter of Everett Earnest and Anna Mary (Atherton) Wood. At the age of six, Dora along with her family, moved to Missouri to be near family. ...

Sherrial Mae Skillman, 60, Nevada, Mo., went to be with our heavenly Father on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab, in Nevada. She was born June 19, 1954, in Nevada, the daughter of Joe Stanley and Shirley Ann (Klotz) Vincent. She was united in marriage to Joe Skillman on Jan. 26, 1985, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

William Paul Spaur, 64, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, April 27, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital, in Kansas City. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 2, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home...

Jack L. Baines Sr., 74, of Nevada, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at Medicalodge nursing home after a lengthy illness. Jack was born to Orlena and Charlie Baines on May 17, 1941. Before his health started failing him, Jack loved working on cars, he loved the outdoors, he loved hunting and fishing...

Nevada Daily Mail After facing a large shortfall after the month of February, the Nevada Regional Medical Center was able to give a much more positive report during their financial meeting Monday, discussing the month of March. "We're celebrating much better numbers," said Mike Harbor, interim chief executive officer while Kevin Leeper was out of town due to a family emergency in Texas. "The improvements have been significant."...

Nevada Daily Mail After months of construction and waiting, the Nevada Fire Department celebrated their recent transition into their new station with an open house for the public Tuesday, encouraging members of the community to come and see the new building...

Nevada Daily Mail After a seesaw battle throughout, trailing 9-8 to the Hume Lady Hornets, and down to their final out, NEVC's Amber Bogardus stepped to the plate with the bases loaded ---- smashing a Megan Sutcliffe pitch that appeared to be headed for the right-center field gap, when it was plucked out of the air by senior Sam Reno at second base...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets softball team was defeated 14-2 and 16-1 by Mineral Area Community College, Saturday in Nevada. The pair of losses brings the Comets record to 1-22 . Trailing 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning of the first game, lead-off hitter Lauren Shepherd laced a single into center field off Mineral Area pitcher Tynai' Burrow...

The Nevada Tigers middle school track and field team participated Wednesday at Lamar High School's 18-team meet. The NMS seventh-grade girls finished fourth overall in team points; the seventh-grade boys fourth in team points, the eighth-grade girls sixth in team points, and the eighth-grade boys sixth in team points...

Nevada Daily Mail Calli Beshore broke the Nevada Middle School 1600 meter seventh-grade track record at the 17th Annual NMS Track Invitational, April 16. Beshore, who already owned the record, topped her previous time by 16 seconds, clocking a 5:41.25...

Nevada Daily Mail In Tuesday afternoon college softball action, the Cottey Comets were defeated at home by the East Central College Falcons, 14-1 in five innings. With the loss, the Comets fell to 1-23 on the season. Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Comets catcher and cleanup hitter Alyssa Jones, lifted an Ashley Hill fastball over the left field fence, cutting he Falcons lead to 2-1...