Stories from Monday, July 31, 2017

The Nevada A’s baseball team — on which Jack Spangler had played — hosted a charity baseball tournament benefiting Jack’s Scholarship Foundation this past Saturday at Twin Lake Sports Complex. Jack’s parents, Chad and Jill Spangler, with the help of their children Vivi and Simone, threw out the first pitches of each game. Pictured left is Jack’s mom, Jill, and daughter, Vivi, throwing out the first pitch of the tournament’s second set of games Saturday...

Eight-year-old Brylinn Leer showed at the Vernon County Youth Fair for the first time this year earning several ribbons in the peewee classes. Brylinn has spent two years as a 4-H Clover Kid in Country Clovers and has also been active in Girl Scouts...

A Milo man was sentenced after having pleaded guilty to amended charges in a child sexual abuse case. On June 19, Donald R. Jester, 45, pleaded guilty in Vernon County Circuit Court to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse in a plea deal calling for sentences not to exceed eight years, with execution of the sentences to be suspended after a 120-day stay at the state’s sexual offender assessment unit, and five years of supervised probation...

Road work began on the Austin overpass Monday. MoDOT crews are placing steel plates on the surface of the bridge as a temporary measure until a rehabilitation project which is expected to begin within the next few years according to a press release. Crews are expected to be finished on Wednesday...

Notching his third victory of the season, and second in as many weeks, Nevada 16-year-old Jaren Powrie flew the checkers Saturday night at Nevada Speedway. No stranger to victory lane, Powrie captured the feature win in dramatic fashion, making a late-pass on fellow Nevada High School junior, Morgan Campbell, who placed runner-up (after starting sixth). Thomas Dunham of Carl Junction landed in the third spot; Nevada’s Jerry Wheeler, fourth; and Zach Hendren, fifth...