Stories from Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Margaret Vinyard, 84, of Nevada, Mo., passed away July 10, 2016. She was born Mary Margaret Jefferson in Urich, Mo., to Tom and Mary Jefferson on May 23, 1932. She grew up in Urich, attending Urich Presbyterian Church and graduating from Urich High School in 1951, where she lettered in basketball. She studied elementary education at Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg and cherished the memories she made there...

David Doland Davis, 74, died July 16, 2016, at Joe Clark's Assisted Living, Nevada, Mo. He was born Jan. 17, 1942, in Harper, Kan., to Donivan and Isabel (Walter) Davis. He was a devoted father, grandfather, and a great-grandfather who loved traveling to see his family whenever he could. David loved to fish at Table Rock Lake with his Dad and kids. He took long drives through the back roads and loved the rolling hills, the green fields and trees...

Harold Reed Reynolds, 81, Nevada, Mo., died Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at his home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Harold was born on July 3, 1935, in Texarkana, Texas, to Reed and Irene (Wade) Reynolds. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, July 22, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor David Rorabaugh officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada...

Courtney and Kasey Cason, of Nevada, Mo., and older sisters, Laylee and Lexi, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Emerald Allena Cason. Emerald was born at 9:49 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2016, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday afternoon, past 4-H members and their families crowded the Home Ec building at the Vernon County Fair Grounds for the fifth annual 4-H Alumni reunion. "I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world," the crowd recited as the 4-H pledge followed the Pledge of Allegiance...

Nevada Daily Mail "As your governor, I promise that no Syrian refugee will be allowed in this state without first being properly vetted and Sharia Law will never be enacted on my watch," said Republican gubernatorial candidate, Eric Greitens on Monday, during his second visit to Nevada in exactly a month...

Nevada Daily Mail The city is making progress with eliminating or at least greatly reducing the odor that has often permeated the area of East Highland Avenue, Eric McPeak, Alliance local manager said during Tuesday night's city council meeting in response to a question from Carrie Mason...

Nevada High School's annual golf program fundraiser, originally slated to take place July 24 at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course in Nevada, has been postponed due to the low number of entries received. The par 3 tournament is now scheduled to take place Sept. 25 at Frank E. Peters. Per Missouri State High School Activities Association rules, high school students are not allowed to participate...

The Nevada Griffons prevailed 10-9 in 10 innings picking up a desperately needed victory Tuesday night over the Joplin Outlaws. The Griffons entered the home contest at Lyons Stadium two games back of the first place Outlaws and the idle Ozark Generals in the MINK League South Division. With the victory, Nevada (19-16 MINK League, 21-16 overall) pulls to within a game of Joplin, and a 1 1/2 games of Ozark...