Stories from Friday, October 28, 2016

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Nevada High School seniors Braydee W. Gaines and Virginia J. Haverstic are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. "This is a good school but achieving at this level takes someone special and this year we have two. The last one we had was in 2008," Chrystie Braden NHS counselor said...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The city of Walker board of aldermen will no longer meet on the third Monday of each month. Mayor Phil Martin proposed the change at the Oct. 25 meeting. "I would like -- if it's acceptable to you -- to move the meeting to the last Tuesday of the month," Martin said. "It pushes us down far enough so we can have everything paid, as opposed to what it was in the past."...

Special to the Daily Mail Editor's note: Richard Carpenter was a member of the undefeated 1966 Nevada Tiger football team. On Oct. 7, a crowd of about 50 former players, family, and fans, attended a reception to honor the 50th anniversary of the 1966 season, when the Nevada Tigers Football Team became the undefeated Big Ten Conference Champions...

It will take a herculean effort to defeat the top-seeded Harrisonville Wildcats in the semifinals of the Missouri Class 4 District 6 playoffs. However, the upset-minded Nevada Tigers are up for the challenge. The district playoff matchup is slated for 7 p.m. tonight in Harrisonville...

The Cottey Comets concluded its 2016 volleyball slate Wednesday night at Hinkhouse Center with a three-set loss to the visiting Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Lady Norse. With the 25-12, 25-12, 25-20 loss, Cottey enters postseason play 11-14 overall...

The top-seeded Bronaugh Lady Wildcats will face the second seeded Hume Lady Hornets in tonight's Golden Valley Vernon County Conference junior high basketball tournament championship game, with tip off schedule for 6:15 p.m. at Northeast Vernon County High School in Walker...

Several Lady Tigers garnered postseason volleyball accolades. Making First Team Class 3 All-District, were seniors Ellie Smith and Megan Hold, while senior Kaitlynn Johnmeyer and sophomore Adrian Bond were named to the second team. Lady Tigers picking up All West Central Conference accolades, were Smith, Hold, senior Margaret Cavener, and Bond...

Neva H. Peak, 71, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Oct. 26, 2016 at Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada. Neva was born Feb. 26, 1945 in Kansas City, Kan. to Herbert and Gladys Patterson. She was united in marriage to Bill A. Peak in Kansas City, Mo. and he survives...