Stories from Saturday, June 25, 2016

Gary Douglas Hall, 76, of Harrisonville, Mo., passed away June 20, 2016. Visitation will be held Saturday, July 2, from noon to 2 p.m., with a Celebration of Life starting at 2 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial to take place in Neosho, Mo., Sunday, July 3...

Homer Arther Winkley, 66, died in Nevada, Mo., on Saturday, June 18, 2016. He was born on Nov. 3, 1949, in Falk, Ark., to Herman and Charlene (McKenzie) Winkley. No services are planned at this time.

The idea of growing wise is that you always learn as you get older. You learn by making mistakes, you learn from other people's mistakes, you learn from education, and you learn from hands on experience. The upstanding citizens in our criminal world have missed one of the switches to a lightbulb and unfortunately they appear to be going in the wrong direction, getting dumber and dumber instead of smarter and smarter. So here is the third installment in the future book "Crime for Dummies."...

Hi neighbors. If you are like me and don't plan on a trip to Alaska this year, you need to get ready for the heat. If you have air conditioning, use it wisely. It's time to check your house and prepare it just as you would for winter blasts. Make certain all the windows close all the way. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Baseball, barbecue, and Independence Day fireworks are synonymous with summertime. There is however, another growing pass time. It is a game of hide and seek where players use multi-million dollar satellites to find caches hidden in the woods. This is geocaching...

Nevada Daily Mail "I'm running because our government is broken, broken at every level," said Eric Greitens, Republican candidate for Governor of Missouri. Introduced by former Missouri State Treasurer, Sarah Steelman, Greitens spoke to a group of about 30 people at the Nevada Public Library, Saturday...

The Nevada Neptunes competed in the Webb City Cardinals Tri-State Invitational Swim Meet June 18-19 at the Buck Miner Swim Center. The Neptunes had a successful outing with a number of high finishes in both individual and relay events. In addition, three Neptune swimmers received High Point trophy awards...

Now that summer has officially arrived, it's time to hit ponds, lakes and streams to catch bluegills. The peaking time is now. In late June and early July, concentrations of bluegill will be spawning along shallow lake shores. Look for craters of round, light spots on the bottom, which are the nest sites...

The Nevada Griffons split a pair of seven inning contests with the visiting Ozark Generals Friday night at Lyons Stadium. The turnout for the twinbill was excellent, with 478 fans attending, including 14 families of Griffons players who made the trek to Nevada for Parents Weekend...

"Blame is simply the discharging of discomfort and pain. It has an inverse relationship with accountability." -- Brene Brown. A lot of times "blame" is used to disguise "hurt and pain." When we're young, if we fall and scrape our knee, we're told, "You're fine ... ...