Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Ronnie Lee Moss, 60, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Sept. 19, 2015, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. He was born Nov. 23, 1954, in Demopolis, Ala., the son of Clyde and Mary Louise (Marlowe) Moss. Ronnie attended school in Alabama and worked in the pest control industry before starting his own construction business working in residential construction and remodeling. In 2011, he relocated to Las Vegas before moving to Missouri in 2014...

Nathaniel Steven Higgins, 35, of Milo, Mo., passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Wentworth, Mo. He was born June 24, 1980, in Tulsa, Okla. Throughout his life, Steven, as he was known, became an accomplished artist who enjoyed drawing, airbrushing, and tattooing. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A local law enforcement officer recently completed Crises Intervention Team Training and joined the local CIT Coordinating Council. Nevada Police Officer Rick DeBruin recently returned after completing an intensive week of CIT training, conducted at the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police took in a substantial amount of unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday, Sept. 26 during "Drug Take Back Day." The police filled nine boxes of prescription drugs, weighing a total of 183 pounds. The unwanted drugs will be destroyed in a furnace...

Nevada Daily Mail For the first time in at least seven years, North Eastern Vernon County has three foreign exchange students through the International Student Exchange learning about the Northeast Vernon County high school. The three students, Javier Herranz-Garcia, from Madrid, Spain, Thanawan "Tina" Wigg from Khon Kaen, Thailand, and Doyoung Kim from Seoul, South Korea, said they were excited to be in Missouri for the school year because they wanted to learn about American culture and get a better understanding of English.. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team won its reglar-season home finale, besting Carl Junction 10-7, Tuesday evening. The contest against Carl Junction was a makeup game. Nevada is 13-9 overall.

Three Nevada Lady Tigers golfers have qualified for the Class 1 Section 2 tournament to be played Oct. 5 at Bolivar's Silo Ridge Country Club. For Nevada, Kaitlyn Richmond, Mandy Crews, and Michael Jones qualified for the sectional tournament.

The Nevada Lady Tigers volleyball team beat Kansas City O'Hara at home in three sets Tuesday night ---- 25-20, 12-25, 25-20. The win pushes the Lady Tigers above .500, as they improve to 11-10 overall. For Nevada, Megan Hold finished with 20 digs, 12 kills, and three blocks; Mindy Hendren nine kills and six blocks; Ellis Smith 29 assists; and Margaret Cavener finished with three aces...

The Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights fell in a hard-fought three-set match against Ballard, Tuesday at home. NEVC won the first set 25-15, before losing sets two and three 21-25, and 11-25. Becky Jennings led the team in serves with six aces, followed by Emma Pritchet and Kiley Gerster with two aces apiece...

The Nevada Lady Tigers dealt Clinton a 5-2 defeat in the semifinal round of the Class 1 District 12 team tournament ---- advancing to play top-seeded Warrensburg in the championship match, today in Warrensburg. Second-seeded Nevada's defeat of third-seeded Clinton took place Tuesday in Nevada...

Matthew Resnick/Daily Mail/ Nevada eighth-grader Calli Beshore blazes to a first place finish in the 1.5 mile event, Tuesday at the Lamar Cross Country Invitational. Nevada High School results from Tuesday's Lamar Invitational: Varsity boys, 5,000 meter event: Luke Sudkamp, 20:12, 39th; Trent Ellis, 41st, 20:26; Devin McHugh, 61st, 21:49. ...

Matthew Resnick/Daily Mail/ The Nevada High School Dance Team received a generous donation from Lucas Oil Products, during Monday's combined junior varsity-freshman football game at Logan Field. The NHS cheerleading team also received a donation. Nevada native and class of 1996 NHS alum Ernie Leftwich and his wife Jauna, raised the funds through a 50-50 drawing. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Through her community service project, Nevada High School standout athlete Carsten Warner is raising awareness and money for pediatric cancer. Warner's project "Kick Cancer," will take place at Logan Field just prior to and during Nevada's home football against Aurora, Friday at 7 p.m...