Stories from Saturday, February 11, 2017

Hi neighbors. This Tuesday is Valentine's Day, are you prepared? If you think you'll just stop and pick up some flowers on the way home from work, you should know most florists run out of roses (the flower representing passionate love) a day or two before Valentine's Day. There is a language of the flowers, and if you don't know it you should learn it if you are in a relationship with a lady...

Last week detectives were working on a case that involved stolen property, and during the investigation they discovered a suspect in that case was staying at a house with another person who also had warrants. The Detectives decided to try an old technique called "knock and talk" at the house...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Wednesday evening's meeting of the board of education for the Sheldon R-8 district heard a presentation from a food service vendor, considered the need for cyber security insurance, adopted next year's calendar and approved a two-year extension for the district's student transportation contract...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com A dry winter, and high winds have resulted in an increased risk of grass and natural cover fires starting or getting out of control in recent days punctuated by the National Weather Service issuing a Red Flag Warning for counties in southwest Missouri including Vernon County on Friday...

Joplin, Mo. ---- The Nevada Tiger eighth-grade basketball team entered Thursday night's contest against Joplin North on 25-game winning streak dating back to last season, when the same group finished 15-0 en route to the Tri-County Conference tournament championship...

NHS 2017 Courtwarming candidates, from left: Courtney Smith, Jade De Baere, Carolyne Baldwin and Danielle Laning. De Baere was named the 2017 Courtwarming Queen. De Baere was crowned by 2016 Queen Megan Payne. De Baere is foreign-exchange student from Belgium...

Clay Gayman held a heavily attended block party Friday night at Wynn Gym. The 6-foot-6 junior forward spearheaded the Nevada Tigers 20-point rout of visiting Warrensburg with an otherworldly defensive performance that included eight blocked shots and several aggressive plays at the rim that resulted in altered shots...

The Nevada Lady Tigers put it all together in their 44-37 West Central Conference victory over Warrensburg at Wynn Gym. The Friday night triumph improves Nevada to 7-14 overall and 3-6 in WCC-play, while Warrensburg falls to 13-8 (5-5 WCC). "It was a great victory," an elated Lady Tigers' head coach Brent Bartlett told the Daily Mail shortly after the fourth quarter horn sounded. "I'm really proud of the girls, it was definitely a team-effort."...