Stories from Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Cottey Comets Athletic Director Stephanie Beason recently announced the hiring of Meg Brewer as the school's assistant softball coach. Brewer will assist new head coach Mark Skapin with recruiting and instruction. Brewer, who is a native of Bayport, N.Y., has spent the past two seasons playing and coaching in Denmark with the Gladsaxe Softball and Baseball Club located in the greater Copenhagen area. ...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com It was business as usual for the Vernon County Ambulance District board at the Oct. 20 monthly meeting. There were several new business items on VCAD's agenda: the outgoing worker's compensation insurance, the quarterly budget update, pending policy changes, and a meeting with the new worker's compensation insurance provider...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Vernon County 4-H members gathered at the Vernon County Fairgrounds arena Saturday afternoon for Horse Fest 2016. "The purpose of the day was to show area youth, specifically those enrolled in 4-H, what classes are available for them to show at the fair. This will allow them to set goals for the year and work throughout the winter and spring months," countywide horse committee co-chairperson Crystal Burch said...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Backed up by fellow parent, Kevin Lester, Walt Koshko addressed the board about options for students to play football through Northeast Vernon County schools. "Right now, my son and Kevin's play football at El Dorado Springs," said Koshko. "We never got to experience 'Friday Night Lights' but we're here to ask you to make it possible for our sons to have that experience."...

ndmeditorial@gmail.com The city spent $3 million in park sales tax money on doubling the size of the Franklin P Norman City/County County Community Center, and if the YMCA takes over the city's youth recreation that money will be wasted and could have used instead to build ADA accessible restrooms and trails in the city parks, Melissa Earl told the Nevada City Council Tuesday night...

Dear Editor: After taking a couple of days to mull over the article that appeared in Saturday's edition of Nevada Daily Mail and the words of Scott Theis, I feel I have an obligation to provide some facts Mr. Theis admits he did not know. If Mr. Theis did not have all of the information available to make an intelligent, informed summation, it is probably safe to assume others lack information also...

"Boxing Babes Cardio" class is an excellent way for female residents of Vernon County to improve their mental and physical well-being, according to class instructor Lori Kennedy-Thompson. The class takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:30-6:30 a.m., at Rick Culler's Ground Up Boxing Gym, located at the site of the Old Jefferson School...

After a slow start, the Nevada Lady Tiger eighth-grade basketball team cranked up the tempo en route to a 38-26 season opening win over Carthage, Tuesday night at Nevada Middle School. The eighth-grade Lady Tigers enter the season as a favorite to win the Tri-County Conference, as the same group finished last season 13-1, with its only loss coming to Webb City in the TCC championship game...