Stories from Friday, February 24, 2017

Ronald Gene Young, 83, Nevada, passed from this life on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada. Gene was born May 10, 1933, in Nevada, to Orba and June Young. Gene was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict stationed in Germany. ...

Richard Gregory Henderson, 86, formerly of Nevada, passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, at Carriage Square in St. Joseph, Mo. Richard was born in St. Louis, Mo., on April 1, 1930, to Charles Bernard and Elizabeth Antoinette (Wapelhorst) Henderson. He was united in marriage to Jane F. Murray on March 31, 1951, and she preceded him in death on Jan. 19, 2006...

Trista L. Vail, 33, of Butler, Mo., died Feb. 18 in Linn County, Kan. She was born June 15, 1983, in Kansas City, Mo. She is survived by her fiancé, Mack Stephens Jr; her daughter, Keylynn Mack Stephens; her father, Curtis L. Vail; stepmother, Vicki J. Vail; one brother, Curtis L. Vail; and grandparents, Kenny and Thelma Silver, of Nevada...

It's been 26 years since I lost my best and oldest friend, Randy Emery. He was an amazing personality and he was also a professional magician. His life and mine will be forever linked. Randy and I were destined to be close. Our family connections traced back through several family generations. My Grandfather Ben Hart, came to this area shortly after the First World War. He operated the Bank of Milo until it closed in the late 1940s...

Editor's Note: The following column originally appeared in the Sept. 17, 1999 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. On March 15, 2000, the Nevada Elks Lodge No. 564 will commemorate its 100th anniversary with celebrations and historical notices. The anniversary cannot be much more exciting than its origin, which was written up in the March 16, 1900, edition of the Nevada Daily Mail as follows:...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com The large, white RV-style vehicle parked next to the American Legion Wednesday afternoon represents a new, no-cost service available to local veterans, a mobile veteran's center operated by the Department of Veteran's Affairs...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Bronaugh elementary students had the opportunity Tuesday to see tractors and other farm implements up close as they learned about farm safety from members of the high school's Future Farmers of America chapter. "We have a unique opportunity to communicate with all of the elementary kids," FFA instructor Travis Wait said...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Twenty people were on hand for Wednesday's meeting of the Vernon County Youth Task Force. The meeting focused on the need for a prescription drug monitoring program and what is taking place at the state, county and city levels. Nevada Police Chief, Casey Crain, echoed the sentiments of Kelly Ast, Healthy Nevada, who said, "The abuse rate of prescription drugs is about 14 percent nationally but it's 24 percent in Vernon County."...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com A 10-day temporary restraining order is now in force against the city of Nevada. This follows the Feb. 16 posting of a dangerous building declaration on 101˝ East Cherry -- a three-story building on the Southeast corner of the Square -- and serving notice to the building's owner, Roy E. Taylor, to vacate all residents within 24-hours...

It won't be the same without them. After gracing the Wynn Gym hardwood for the past four years Nevada's five-member senior class is slated to set foot on its home court for the final time tonight against Center High School at 7:15 p.m. The Tigers senior class is comprised of Matthew Sommer, Myles McNeley, Patrick Ferry, Peyton Walker and Blayde Dodds...

The Sheldon Panthers and Bronaugh Lady Wildcats kept their seasons alive with victories in the semifinals of the Class 1 District 6 boys' and girls' basketball tournaments Wednesday night in Drexel. The top-seeded Lady Wildcats defeated the fourth-seeded Hume Lady Hornets 63-38, while the second-seeded Panthers dispatched third-seeded Drexel 48-44...

Nine-year old Nevada-native Emree Cameron is back on the junior national links, competing in her first event since she finished second at the Doral-Publix Junior Golf Classic at Trump Doral National Golf Club in Miami two months ago. In her first Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event, held over the weekend at The Tribute in Colony, Texas, Cameron finished in third-place in the 13-and-under division (the tournament is comprised of only two divisions: 18-and-under and 13-and-under)...