Stories from Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, several deputies from the Bates County Sheriff's Office were performing surveillance on the residence at 201 E. Chestnut, Rich Hill. The deputies received a tip that a wanted subject was living at the residence. The wanted suspect was identified as 32-year old Russell D. Kercher...

Nevada Daily Mail Two people are in custody following a lengthy pursuit Sunday afternoon that started in Nevada and ended in Pittsburgh Kan. According to Sheriff's Office officials, a deputy was attempting to make a traffic stop on a black SUV when the vehicle failed to stop. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Moving into his office's vault, Doug Shupe, Vernon County's recorder of deeds said, "This office maintain's many different types of records but three are really interesting." The first are those which personally involve you or your family," Shupe said. "But that leaves these two, chattel mortgages and deeds of patent."...

According to a Fort Scott Community College press release, the school's volleyball program will host several camps over the course of the summer. The camps will focus on helping students develop or enhance fundamental volleyball skills. Kids All-Skills Training camp...

The Nevada Tigers high school golf team capped a phenomenal 2016 season with its postseason awards banquet Friday at Frank E Peters Municipal Golf Course. In addition to celebrating its first top three finish at the state tournament in 33 years, individual awards were handed out. Those awards went to: Senior Levi Palmer, who received the "Fighting Tiger Award," while junior John Quitno received the "Lowest Stroke Average Award" with his 75.11 season average...

Brent Bartlett's Nevada Lady Tigers basketball camp is slated for June 13-15 at Wynn Gym. The camp is for grades seven through 12, and will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Bartlett said the camp will emphasize fundamentals, as well as dribbling and shooting skills and techniques. ...

The Nevada Griffons had a productive weekend on the diamond, defeating the Branson Nationals 6-3 Saturday, and then steamrolling perennial MINK League power St. Joe 14-0 Sunday. The home victories improve the Griffons to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in MINK League-play...

"It's 14 feet in diameter," said Charles Naas, NEVC superintendent standing in the center of the new NEVC Knights logo. After allowing time to cure, Monday saw the unsealing of the gym doors to reveal new flooring, painting and sealing by Acme Flooring of Lenexa, Kan...