Stories from Friday, September 16, 2016

William Dirck Yoast, 59, of Lytle, Texas, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas. Dirck is preceded in death by his father, Thomas Leffler Yoast. Dirck is survived by his mother, Wanda W. Yoast of Lytle, Texas; daughters, Dawna Lena Yoast and Janie Dee Yoast; nephews, Richard D. Mendez and Dameon Keller; niece, Raina Astrella; sisters, Dana Yoast Carter and Donnis Lea Yoast; and grandchild, Gavin Petty...

On Friday Oct. 7, some former NHS Football Tigers will return to Logan Field. They are the remaining members of the fall of 1966, undefeated Big Ten Conference Championship Football Team. One common thought expressed by practically every one I've contacted was ... "it doesn't seem like it's been 50 years!"...

This column originally ran in the July 23, 1999 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. In each Daily Mail we have the opportunity to learn about people and things from the past in Huell Warren's columns from 100, 75 and 50 years ago. But how many know that this 35-year veteran of the Associated Press began his newspaper career right here with the Nevada Daily Mail?...

Nevada Daily Mail At a regular meeting of the board of education for the Nevada R-5 School District conducted on Aug. 10, at the school administration offices, a final terms resolution was approved unanimously by the board to proceed with a $4,625,000 advance refunding of the Series 2012 general obligation bonds. ...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Monday's meeting of aldermen in Bronaugh heard retirement plans by its water and sewer director, appreciation from citizens for the recent cleanup day, a request for a new repeater atop the town's water tower, discussion of a proposed unoccupied building ordinance and an update on the permit for the wastewater lagoon...

Nevada Daily Mail U.S. News & World Report announced Tuesday that Cottey College is nationally ranked in its annual 2017 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Cottey is listed at 22nd in Midwest Regional Colleges, representing 11 Midwestern states. This announcement follows on the heels of two national rankings by BestValueSchools.com...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Republican Party leaders selected Dade County Associate Circuit Judge, David Munton, as their nominee for the office of Circuit Judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit during a meeting Tuesday evening in Stockton. Thursday evening, the Democratic Party announced it is not naming any candidate for the office...

The Nevada Tigers seventh-grade "A" and "B" football teams triumphed over the Carl Junction Bulldogs, Tuesday at Logan Field. The Tigers topped Carl Junction in the "A" game 16-8, while Nevada prevailed in the "B" contest 8-6. "It was a great team effort and I was real proud of the way the boys played," Tigers head coach Brent Bartlett said...

The Cottey Comets volleyball team picked up a straight-set 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 victory over Ozark Christian College, Tuesday night in Joplin. The win improves Cottey to 5-4 overall. "I am real pleased with the way that we are progressing," Comets coach Marla Kannady-Foreman said. "They are realizing they no longer have to be the underdog."...

Nevada's seventh and eighth-grade "A" volleyball teams traveled north to Butler for a pair of Thursday night matches at Butler High School. The NMS eighth-grade "A" team won in two sets 25-22 and 25-10, while the NMS seventh-graders walloped Butler Middle School 25-8 and 25-14...

The Sheldon Panthers high school cross country team participated in the Drexel High School Cross Country Invitational, Sept. 13. The Panthers are comprised of senior Nicholas Pitcock and freshman Austin Bupp. In the boys varsity 5-kilometer, Pitcock placed 13th, with a time of 21.13, bettering his time at the Nevada Cross Country Invitational, held Sept. 6 at Marmaduke Park, where he finished 12th with a time of 23.17...

In a rescheduled non-conference road-matchup with Carl Junction, the Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team breezed to an 8-1 victory, improving to 7-0 on the season (4-0 West Central Conference). At No. 1 singles, Nevada's Emma Cheaney beat Chase Boyd 8-2. ...

For only the second time this season the Nevada Lady Tigers needed a third set to dispatch an opponent, as NHS toppled Sedalia Smith Cotton 25-19, (25-22), and 25-10 Thursday night at Wynn Gym. With the West Central Conference victory, Nevada ups it record to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in WCC-play...

Boxing instructor Rick Culler was presented a $1,000 check on behalf of (Nevada) Walmart Supercenter for the continued improvement and development of Ground Up Boxing Gym. Culler, owner and operator of the not-for-profit gym located at the Old Jefferson School, was handed the check by Walmart store manager Dustin Osborne Wednesday afternoon at the gym...