Stories from Friday, October 14, 2016

Mary Ellen Maus, 89, Nevada, Mo, formerly of Schell City, Mo. passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Mary was born Sept. 9, 1927 in Schell City to Roy and Daisey (Robinson) Davis. She was united in marriage to Claude David Maus on Nov. 20, 1945. To this union was born four sons, David, John, Danny, and Charles Maus...

Revay Brannan, age 96, a former resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments in Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, Mo. She was born November 23, 1919, in Crawford County, Kan., the daughter of William Alvin Thomas and Hettie Edna Conrad Thomas. ...

The Bronaugh Wildcats junior high hoops squad is on a serious roll, improving to 7-0 on the season after defeating Sheldon 60-29 Thursday night in Bronaugh. For Bronaugh, Kyle Harrell dropped in a game-high 24 points; J.R. Stratford 15; John Million, eight; Garrett Earnest and Nick Rider a half-dozen apiece; while Ethan Ray chipped in with three points...

The past couple of days, my yard has taken on a new sensory effect. There is a distinctive sound which can best be described as a "crunch." This sound is caused by one thing only, the fallen leaves from my trees. Each year, as autumn wanes towards the holiday season, the leaves fall and become a familiar sight of the season. They also furnish that particularly cozy resonance of dry fall foliage when they are trampled...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column originally appeared in the August 8, 2002 edition of The Daily Mail. I have mentioned recently how I enjoy making new friends. This week, I made another new friend. She had known who I was, but I didn't know her. When I met her, I realized she looked very familiar, but I really didn't know who she was...

The day begins as the sun peeks over the horizon. Around 7:00 a.m., trucks rumble into town headed for the Vernon County Fairgrounds, and people begin gathering, drawn to the commotion. Animals and equipment begin pouring from the vehicles while people rush about preparing for another day at the Kelly Miller Circus...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Two parents addressed the Hume R-8 school board Wednesday evening alleging their children were victims of incidents of bulling and harassment. Mitche Brooks and Adrein McFrederick each took their turn expressing their concerns to the board...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com For the second time in two months, State Representative Patricia Pike has organized and participated in a group of officials touring one or more buildings of the old State Hospital No. 3 and its successor Habilitation Center. "When you look at Ash Place, which was the old Ozark Hall, and see what can be done with just one of these buildings, I just feel we must try everything we can to make it possible for public and private groups to take ownership and then rehab and put them to good use," said Rep. ...

Five Nevada Lady Tiger softball players were named to the Class 3 District 12 All-District team. Nevada sophomore Kylie Boyd was named to the first-team as an infield selection. Boyd pitches and plays third base. NHS second-team selections were: Junior outfielder Anna Fulton; sophomore infielder Emily Johnson; sophomore catch- er Cameron Holcomb; and freshman pitcher Maggie Leisure...

The Cottey Comets got back on the winning track with a three-set vic- tory over Ozark Christian College Tuesday night at Hinkhouse Center in Nevada. The win improves Cottey to 11-10 overall. After edging OCC in the first set 25-23, the Comets prevailed in the second and third sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-19...