Stories from Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail After working in the Vernon County Commission's office for the past 15 years under four different presiding county commissioners, Gail Wysong will retire from her position as secretary at the end of the month. To honor those years she has served the county, a reception will be held for Wysong today at 2 p.m., outside the commissioners' office in the Vernon County Courthouse. Members of the community are invited to attend...

Nevada Daily Mail Before the Vernon County Youth Fair even began, members of the Nevada High School Future Farmers of America livestock judging team had the opportunity to compete in a judging competition in Scotland following a successful season and winning a national championship in Denver...

Nevada Daily Mail Race fans were treated to a great night of racing Saturday at the I-49 Nevada Speedway. Side-by-side racing for all divisions was the featured attraction, as fans witnessed drivers collecting their first feature wins of the season...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons are champions of the MINK League south division for the second time in three seasons. Nevada defeated the Branson Nationals twice at Lyons Stadium over the weekend. After holding on for an 8-7 victory Saturday, Nevada clinched the division title Sunday night with a convincing 14-3 win...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Griffons starting pitcher Jaraad Salas shut down the Joplin Outlaws, Monday night at Lyons Stadium. With the victory, Nevada improves to 23-15 in MINK League play. Salas was in complete control, tossing eight scoreless innings. Salas scattered seven hits, while striking out five and walking two as he improved to 3-0 ---- while lowering his earned run average to 2.23...

Nevada Daily Mail There are 417,151 Missourians living in extreme poverty; 18.8 percent of people living in Vernon County are living in poverty, according to the Missouri Report in Poverty from 2014. Wednesday afternoon, Missourians to End Poverty held a poverty simulation at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center in Nevada. About 60 residents from Vernon County, including myself, took on identities of people living in poverty...