Stories from Saturday, December 26, 2015

Nevada High School two-sport standout Reagan Bradley signed a national letter-of-intent to continue her softball career with the Central Methodist University Eagles located in Fayette, Mo. The signing day festivities took place Wednesday afternoon at the Nevada High School Media Center...

Now that the leaves are off the trees, it's a good time to take a walk in the woods with a camera or cell phone ---- with camera capabilities that you can use in the area of any one of the big impoundments. Carefully walking through the woods with a camera or cell photo in hand rarely results in more than blurred images as well as an occasional scenic shot. There is a lot more to this kind of photography than most hobbyists realize...

A 20-year-old Nevada man has been arrested following an investigation by Nevada Police into to a series of suspicious fires and other related crimes that were reported at several different locations in and around Nevada. Nevada Police responded recently to several unoccupied structure fires and brush fires that appeared to have been deliberately set by an arsonist. Nevada Police Investigators developed information that led the police to identify a suspect...

The KOMA Beef Cattle Conference begins at 4 p.m., Jan. 19, at the Stockton United Methodist Church Family Life Center in Stockton. The KOMA (4 -- State) Beef Cattle Conference is a joint effort by the Extension Services in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. It is designed to provide the latest information on beef cattle production, marketing, economics, nutrition and forage utilization...

Getting in the spirit of Christmas, Moore-Few Care Center staff dressed up for ugly sweater day.

Families new to Vernon County 4-H were invited to attend the New 4-H Family dinner and orientation Monday, Dec. 7 at the Vernon County home economics building. Hosted by the Vernon County 4-H Council, new families ate a spaghetti dinner and then received an orientation presentation by Amanda Davis, Vernon County 4-H youth educator...

Three Nevada Regional Tech Center DECA members recently participated in DECA's New York Experience. DECA's New York Experience Conference gives high school DECA members a "unique opportunity to learn about career fields that are vital in the global marketplace."...

The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Vernon County Youth Fair to be applied toward the cost of bleachers at the tractor pull track at the fairgrounds. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees, noted a press release. ...