Stories from Saturday, February 4, 2017

The recent report of finding a female mountain lion in Shannon County has many hunters saying, "I told you so." For years, there have been reports of sightings of panthers, also known as cougars, pumas or mountain lions, but the reports were turned away saying they were just something else or perhaps an animal that escaped from a circus. ...

January of this year has turned out to be a busy month for the Vernon County Jail. With a new housing contract between the city of Springfield and Vernon County, we have had a steady stream of paying inmates being booked in and out daily. Although we house for eight other agencies, Springfield is the only one that is bringing inmates on a daily basis to our fine bed and breakfast...

Hi neighbors. Groundhog Day was Thursday and Pete saw his shadow so six more weeks of winter weather was foreseen. Of course, the season of winter doesn't end on the calendar for six more weeks, but there's no reason to let facts like that interfere with a great tradition...

By Rep. Patricia Pike Missouri's 126 Congressional District JEFFERSON CITY, MO: It was a busy week at the Capitol with District 126 guests visiting and several of my sponsored bills moving forward. Following is an update on current legislation: Right-to-Work set to be signed into law (SB 19)...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Nestled next to what used to be Heritage State Bank, across the street from Jone's Boots, sits a small, unimposing white building with the its name painted on the front, Sheldon Library. When the library is open, you will typically find Billie Jones, the lone volunteer librarian, inside tending to the more than 10,000 books in the collection...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com A fire in a home on O Highway, near 900 Road Thursday night sent one victim to the hospital and left two out in the cold. The exact cause of the fire remains under investigation, but according to Chief Bill Smith with Deerfield Fire Department, it started with an incident involving a kerosene heater...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Nevada Fire Department answered a call to 13855 E. Nighthawk Rd. at 11:23 p.m. Thursday night for a report of an out building on fire behind the home. "Upon our arrival we found a wood frame with steel building with fire and smoke showing from the front side of the building."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department executed a search warrant in the 900 block of North Colorado St. late Thursday evening. Officers had been obtaining information in regards to a possible wanted male subject being at the home and the distribution of narcotics taking place at the residence...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Kevin Leeper, Nevada Regional Medical Center CEO, has many responsibilities but one which has been on the front burner recently is physician recruitment. "We're trying to get the right mix of doctors to provide the services people in this area need and want," Leeper said. "We also want docs interested in staying here, like Dr. Lovinger and Dr. Turner."...

The Nevada Tigers' eighth-grade basketball team was tested against Joplin South in its 49-44 Thursday-night home victory. Prior to the Tri-County Conference match-up with Joplin South, Nevada (8-0) had not had a close encounter since its season-opening double overtime victory over Webb City...

Bronaugh successfully defended its homecourt on Homecoming Night, picking up a pair of conference victories over the visiting Northeast Vernon County Knights and Lady Knights. In the night's opening contest, the Lady Wildcats raced out to a 25-5 first quarter lead. Bronaugh then opened the second frame on a 10-0 run after getting two 3-pointers from senior Bonnie Moore, and buckets from Mattie Earnest and Taylor Stratford. Bronaugh led 43-9 at halftime...

The Nevada Lady Tigers continued their dominance of West Central Conference swimming, winning a third consecutive league championship Thursday night in Sedalia. At the WCC championship meet, Nevada accumulated 551 team points to capture first-place. Warrensburg finished a distant second with 405.5 points, followed by host-Sedalia with 379.5; St. Pius, 206 and Archbishop O' Hara, 89...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ---- In Friday night West Central Conference hoops action, the Nevada Lady Tigers were defeated 60-43 by the Archbishop O'Hara Lady Celtics. The Lady Tigers jumped out to a 14-10 first quarter lead, as the teams were evened up 20-20 at halftime...

Despite its 10-game win streak, the Nevada Tigers entered Friday night's West Central Conference matchup with the Archbishop O'Hara Celtics as the underdog. Nevada previously suffered its most lopsided defeat of the season to O'Hara, a 24-point loss Dec. 13 at Wynn Gym