Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Barbara Jean Stone, 58, of Liberal, passed away Friday, April 15, 2016, at Landmark Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. She was born March 18, 1958, in Sonoma Valley, Calif., the daughter of Harold Edmond and Joyce Ann (Figueiria) Tinker. Barbara was raised in California and later moved to Oregon, then Texas and has been in this area for the past 30 years. ...

Dear Editor: It appears to me that America may have on the scene a person, Donald Trump, who exemplifies in the political world the famous saying of Edmund Burke which is: "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." What Trump has done is to expose the Republican Party as evil, being for the agenda of elite and not of the people. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Bushwhacker Museum coordinator Will Tollerton and Vernon County Courthouse Custodian Rick Warren took a group of eight sightseers on a tour of the clock tower on April 15. Participating in the tour were Judy Herstein and Staci Keys with Nevada Regional Medical Center, Pat Miller and Michelle Westerhold with MU Extension, Rick Miller, Whitney Mowry and Dr. Ron and Valo Jones...

Nevada Daily Mail Professional sports teams such as hockey's Detroit Red Wings, baseball's Cincinnati Reds, football's Washington Redskins, and basketball's Chicago Bulls all feature team colors of red and black. However, the finance committee of the board of directors of Nevada Regional Medical center has been waiting a long while to hear the change in colors told them at the April 25 meeting...

The Nevada Tigers basketball summer youth camp will take place June 13-17 at Wynn Gymnasium for third through sixth-grades. The camp will emphasize the fundamentals of basketball and skill improvement. "This is a great chance for the area youth to not only improve their skills, but to also have a fun and exciting basketball experience throughout the week," Nevada varsity head basketball coach Shaun Gray said...

Nevada Daily Mail Monday afternoon, Kansas City Power and Light employees Glen "Clifford" Maughmer and Shawn Spiwak gave a safety presentation to employees of the Nevada Fire Department, Police Department, and public works. Also in attendance were members of Sheldon Board of Aldermen, Sheldon Fire Department, and Vernon County Ambulance District...