Stories from Saturday, September 10, 2016

Janice Cummings Vaughn, 76, of Beaumont, Texas, died Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth, Beaumont. She was born on Oct. 3, 1939, to Elsie Strange Cummings and Allen Laux Cummings, in Butler, Mo. Janice was an office manager for several years for her husband, Gary E. Vaughn, M.D...

"You can't outrun paper." That is a common phrase we tell people after being on the run and then getting arrested. Some people just like to run and in their mind they have nothing to lose. Over the last few weeks, we have seen person after person making bad decisions and those bad decisions end up costing them in the long run...

Hi neighbors. Tomorrow, Sept. 11, is best remembered for the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, and the attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. Like other national tragedies, we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we got the news...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Residents of Schell City must now have a properly functioning septic system before they will be allowed to connect to the city's drinking water system. At a Wednesday evening meeting, the Schell City council voted unanimously, with Mayor Tom Haddix absent, to pass on third reading an attachment to ordinance No. 41-2005 regarding septic system standards within the city...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Bill Denman of Bowman Title Company and Larry Bledsoe, a local certified public accountant, will retire from the board of directors of Nevada Regional Medical Center at the end of this year. Together they possess almost two decades of experience and on Thursday, took time for a conversation that revealed not only their respect for one another, but their deep appreciation for NRMC, its people and services...

After dominating its inaugural meet Tuesday, the Nevada High School cross country team was back in action as they competed at the 12-team Fort Scott Invitational, Tuesday in Fort Scott, Kan. The NHS girls team achieved a second-place finish, as freshman Calli Beshore left the field in her rearview mirror, blazing through the 5-kilometer course as she turned in the top time of 21:04.17. ...

Northeast Vernon County High School (R-1) is offering premium seating at its athletic events. According to information distributed to the Daily Mail, the purchase price reserves "your seat for all events held at the high school, including volleyball, varsity and junior high basketball, pee-wee basketball, and graduation...

The song, "What a difference a Day Makes," could be applied to the opening day of the dove season, and the following day for many Missouri dove hunters this year. It couldn't have been a better day for opening the dove season at the Sloan Conservation Area, as hunters had plenty of targets along with weather unusual for Sept. 1...

A dominant second half punctuated by Payton Bright's 27-yard touchdown run propelled the Nevada Tigers to its first victory of the season Friday night at Logan Field. The 28-24 West Central Conference triumph over the visiting Archbishop O'Hara Celtics moves Nevada to 1-3 overall (1-2 WCC-play)...