Stories from Friday, December 4, 2015

Dustin T. Hargrove, 42, of Lenexa, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Born and raised in Nevada, Mo., to Marlene and Clifton Hargrove, he graduated from Nevada High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Dustin was employed at Molle Toyota as Director of Finance...

Margaret Ketterman, 96, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Margaret was born June 16, 1919, in Vernon County, Mo., to Benjamin Perry and Minnie (Saathoff) Thompson. She was united in marriage to Earl Swope who preceded her in death in 1970. Margaret later married Finis Ketterman and they were married for 24 years before his passing...

Kasey and Carol Chesnut, of Nevada, Mo., and older sisters, Cynthia and Lorelei, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Kasey Lon Chesnut Jr. Kasey was born at 7:08 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

For many years, from the late 1960s though the early 1980s, that was a phrase I heard quite often. I umpired hundreds of men's and women's fast pitch softball games during that era. The heyday of that sport locally, has long since passed, but there is a memorial on the horizon...

For the first time in several years I am getting excited about Christmas shopping. I think it will be a good experience for me and I hope it will be also for those who will receive our gifts. We cannot spend very much money this year because the medicines we are both taking now are so expensive and we've had some unexpected medical costs not covered by Uncle Sam or our insurance. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Vernon County Farmers' Market organizing group met with the Vernon County Commissioners to give updates on the Youth Pavilion they plan to build at the Vernon County Fairgrounds. Kelly Ast led the discussion with Joe Hardin, presiding commissioner, and Everett Wolfe, southern commissioner, about the building's size, cost and utilities...

Relationships and life's choices are the heart of the annual ManUp program put on by Nevada High School for its male students at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center. According to NHS and NMS guidance counselor Chrystie Braden, who serves as one of the organizers, "We started the program in 2012, mocking it after the program that Life Choices provides for students in Joplin and the surrounding districts...

Bronaugh's basketball teams earned a split with Thomas Jefferson Tuesday night at home, with the Wildcats winning the girls' game 47-13 but falling in the boys' contest 56-42. Bronaugh had no trouble in the girls' game, opening an 11-5 lead after the first period and then blowing open the game with an 18-2 difference in the second period for a 29-7 halftime margin...

Marvin Davison, a local softball legend from the 1960s through 80s, is hosting a get-together at Buzz's BBQ for all former fast-pitch players who played Nevada, Fort Scott, and El Dorado Springs leagues. The get-together is slated for 5 p.m. Saturday. Buzz's BBQ is located at 2500 E. Austin Blvd. in Nevada...

The Nevada Lady Tigers freshman basketball team picked up its first victory of the season with a 29-22 defeat of Pittsburg, Thursday night at Wynn Gym. Junior varsity girls The Nevada High School junior varsity girls basketball team fell 31-17 to Columbia-Hickman in the championship game of the Harrisonville JV Tournament, Wednesday night...

The Cottey Comets suffered a disappointing loss Tuesday night to the North Arkansas College Lady Pioneers 72-52. And while Cottey trailed throughout, it was a marked difference from the teams' first meeting, coming Nov. 17 in Harrison, Ark., when the Pioneers rolled to a 94-50 victory...

Nevada's Middle School rallied, and behind a third-quarter surge, captured the A game Tuesday night in girls' basketball against Fort Scott, 31-29. With the victory Nevada improves to 10-0. NMS wasn't as fortunate in the B team game, with Fort Scott leading from the start as the hosts fell 25-19...

The Nevada Lady Tigers eighth-grade basketball team played in front of its home-crowd for the final time, throttling Fort Scott Middle School 44-2 Tuesday night. The victory improves NMS to 9-1 overall. Nevada led 20-2 after one quarter of play before increasing its lead to 24 at halftime...

The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity basketball team fell to 1-2 on the season after suffering a 47-12 loss against Carl Junction Thursday night at the. The loss came in the semifinal round of the Freeman Sports Medicine Girl's Carl Junction Basketball Tournament...

The Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team stormed back from an early deficit to hand Joplin High School a 60-43 defeat Thursday night at the Carthage Invitational. Nevada is 2-1 overall (1-0 West Central Conference). Trailing 13-4 after the first quarter, Nevada head basketball coach Shaun Gray switch up from a man-to-man to a 2-3 zone. ...