Stories from Saturday, March 11, 2017

Samuel Eugene Carlini, 64, Nevada, passed from this life on Friday, March 10, at his home in Nevada. Sam was born Aug. 28, 1952, in Marshall, Mo., to Billy Eugene and Glenda Mae (Stewart) Carlini. Sam grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 1970. ...

The sales team (deputies) have been doing a great job at marketing the services we offer here at the Vernon County Bed & Breakfast. Customer acquisition has been high and all our beds have been sold out, many by return customers. One such customer was obtained recently because a deputy, who had just looked through a list of wanted people, located a person with warrants by recognizing the mustache on the man's face as the same mustache in one of the photos of wanted people. ...

Hi neighbors. Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour tonight when you go to bed. It's time to "spring forward" again. Oddly enough our spring-like weather may turn the clock back to winter standard time with threats of cold temperatures and even snow ahead this week. The weather will be what it will be, as we all know...

Steve Reed, Cottey College's director of public information, is traveling in Italy with approximately 70 members of the Cottey sophomore class and other faculty, as part of the Cottey International Experience held over the first week of spring break. He, along with his wife, Angie Casavecchia, public administrator for Jasper County, are reporting on the trip. Steve sends his reports as letters to his mother...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com "They played every game as if they were the best in the state," Justin Wehar said. That is not something you might normally hear coming from the coach of a varsity boy's basketball team that only won one game out of their 25-game 2016-17 season...

March 15 is marked on many calendars in Missouri, including one by Harold Davis. Davis a spoonbill angler who arms himself with deep sea gear and lives for opening day of paddlefish snagging season. Davis is a dedicated spoonbill snagger who owns several deep sea fishing rods and reels with an 80-pound test line that he uses in search of those monster fish dwelling in the Osage River as well as Table Rock Lake...

Ben Hines, 14, racked up a number of top finishes at the recently held 2017 Arkansas State (swimming) Championships. Hines netted gold in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.28. In addition, the Nevada Middle School eighth-grader placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (22.00); 200-yard freestyle (146.88); and 100-yard backstroke (56.29); and second-place in the 200-yard Individual Medley (204.90) and 100-yard butterfly (54.52). Note: Final times appear in parenthesis...