Stories from Friday, January 20, 2017

The Nevada R-5 School District is rejoining a part of our former Big 10 conference, beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. Within our division of the conference, there is one school that will require the longest trek, for both our students and fans. Oh, how I remember those Cassville trips of old!...

Editor's note: This column originally appeared in the July 8, 1999 edition of the Daily Mail. I am preparing to teach a series of studies on Humanity Comes of Age this summer. This course is concerned with the plight of older people around the world as our populations grow older, and some of the economic systems to protect older people have been cut back. ...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com On Thursday, with a lighter than normal agenda, the board of Northeast Vernon County schools heard from the cheerleading coach, principals and superintendent as well as watched a movie trailer before going into closed session to discuss an evaluation of the superintendent...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman announced Tuesday that with the closure of 3M's landfill coming to an end that the part of Division Street west of Barrett is again open to traffic. According to a press release Kehrman sent out Tuesday, the city and 3M will be working to make any needed repairs to the road...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Phil Couch, Vernon County Collector/Treasurer -- reminds all residents within the city limits of Nevada, who owned vehicles in 2016 -- of the additional $5.00 per vehicle bills which were mailed Jan. 18. These need to be paid by Feb. 28 to avoid any additional penalties...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com United State Postal Service customers will see a slight increase in first class mail and certain priority mail rates on Sunday, Jan. 22. Stacy St. John from the USPS said Thursday the increase keeps postal rates in line with the consumer price index and inflation...

In Tuesday night Golden Valley Vernon County Conference hoops action, the Sheldon Panthers coasted to a 68-37 victory over the visiting Northeast Vernon County Knights. The victory improves Sheldon to 9-4 overall (7-1 GVVC), while the Knights fall to 2-10 overall (2-4 GVVC)...

The Hume Lady Hornets defeated the Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights 45-40 in the Appleton City Invitational third-place game. The contest was originally slated for Jan. 14, but was moved to Wednesday due to icy conditions late last week. The victory improves Hume to 8-6 overall (3-3 GVVC), while NEVC is now 8-6 overall (4-2 GVVC)...

A convincing 54-29 victory over the eighth-seeded Monett Cubs in the opening-round of the Frontenac Invitational, advanced the top-seeded Nevada Tigers into the tournament semifinals. Thursday night's win improved Nevada to 9-3 overall, as the Tigers have now reeled off four consecutive victories...

LIBERAL, Mo., ---- In a Thursday night thriller, the third-seeded Bronaugh Lady Wildcats knocked off the second-seeded Liberal Lady Bulldogs 46-43 to advance to the championship game of the Tony Dubray Classic. Bronaugh vs. Liberal is turning into quite the rivalry, as the two squads met last week in the semifinals of the Golden City Tournament, with Liberal prevailing 39-34...

The eighth-seeded Nevada Lady Tigers ran into a buzzsaw Thursday night in the opening round of the Frontenac Invitational, suffering a 64-25 defeat at the hands of top-seeded Classen School of Advanced Studies, who made the trip from Oklahoma City, Okla...

A gritty fourth quarter performance lifted the Cottey Comets to a 56-54 victory over the visiting MCC-Penn Valley Scouts, Thursday night a Hinkhouse Center. Cottey (4-9 overall) opened the contest on a 22-7 blitz, but was then outscored by Penn Valley 20-12 in the second frame, as the Comets led 34-27 at halftime...