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Community service (05/26/12)
The Vernon County Ambulance District decided to clean up around the old Baptist Church building at the northeast corner of Main and Hunter streets for a community service project for EMS Week. Tuesday afternoon, James McKenzie, director, Leland Splitter, Mike Hueston, Cris Bailey, Tina Werner, Sonya Tumm, Nick Splitter and Matt Splitter, were picking up trash, removing grass from the sidewalk and trimming weeds. ...

Old jail, other property set to be auctioned off (05/26/12)
NEVADA, Mo. -- One of the most distinct and architecturally ornate buildings in Nevada will fall under the auctioneer's gavel on Thursday, May 31. The old U.S. Post Office/Vernon County Jail at 230 W. Cherry St. just west of the Nevada Square will be sold along with other county owned items during a surplus property sale held at that location...

Early wheat harvest braces farmers, firms (05/26/12)
Starting about three weeks earlier than usual because the warm winter and early spring greatly advanced its maturation, the Vernon County wheat crop will be at least a third bigger than last year's and will assume added importance in the aftermath of the county's 2011 corn crop failure...

Safe Routes funding (05/26/12)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Fort Scott City Commission lent its support Friday to a local and nationwide initiative geared toward encouraging children to walk or bicycle to school and increasing the health and safety of youngsters and the community. During a special meeting Friday morning, the commission unanimously approved an application and resolution for a $250,000 Safe Routes to School Phase II federal grant, administered through the Kansas Department of Transportation. ...

County buying new radios (05/26/12)
Bourbon County Commissioners approved the purchase of two new radios for the sheriff's department and one for the county's emergency management office on Friday. A federal mandate requires all public safety radios to be narrowbanded to use a tighter frequency to communicate, Emergency Manager Keith Jeffers said during a county commission meeting in April. The switch must be complete by Dec. 31...

Patriotic welcome (05/25/12)
Tim Wiggens hangs one of the new patriotic banners purchased by the city of Nevada with tourism tax money to replace the worn out flags. The city purchased 130 of the vinyl banners and has put 40 of the banners around the Nevada Square, as well as some on West Austin and will be putting the rest on Centennial, Osage and East Austin...

Schowe and Shine raises more than $8,000 (05/25/12)
By all accounts, the 6th Annual Schowe and Shine Car Show held at Dr. Ron Schowengerdt's dental office at 1701 W. Austin Blvd. in Nevada on Saturday was a great success. "It was the best event day we've ever had," said Schownegerdt. "We had 71 vehicles on our lot this year," according to Dr. Schowengerdt's patient coordinator, Jamie Dipman. The vehicles came from all over the area and so did the spectators...

Homes found for two pets at event (05/25/12)
Lissette Gabbard, left, and Joe Roberts, Vernon County People for Pets volunteers, give Jake a bath during a "dog wash and adoption day" May 19 on the Family Video parking lot. They bathed and dipped several dogs and found homes for two dogs.

Senate candidate states priorities (05/25/12)
Running to represent the realigned 31st senatorial district, state Rep. Scott Largent of Clinton said in Nevada Thursday that one of his goals would be to make southwest Missouri more competitive with southeast Kansas. The 120th House District representative said the Kansas Legislature has given its border counties an advantage over those in Missouri; and that edge was augmented during its recent session...

Sheldon Class of 2012 graduates (05/25/12)
The valedictorian for the Sheldon High School Class of 2012, Cole Worsley, delivers his address to classmates and an audience of about 300 family, friends and community members attending the graduation ceremony held Sunday at the Sheldon High School. ...

Youth celebrate school year's end with special event (05/25/12)
Runners take off with their beach balls during one of several relay races held at the After School Luau which was sponsored by the Vernon County Youth Task Force, Nevada Parks and Recreation and the Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and held in the Franklin P. ...

Mac Hornecker sculpture in Sheldon City Park gets a landscape makeover (05/24/12)
In 1977, Mac Hornecker, already a well-known sculptor at the time, donated one of his prize winning sculptures to the Sheldon City Park to celebrate the town of his birth. At that time, Mac and his wife, Marie, with the help of family members and people of the community landscaped the area around the large steel structure with sidewalks, concrete benches and numerous flower beds and bushes...

Committee reviews preliminary drawings for Davis Park/Elks effort (05/24/12)
The plans for developing a joint Elks-Nevada parks department military-themed park project at Davis Park and on Elks property are still evolving, but on Tuesday the Davis Park subcommittee of the parks board developed a preliminary drawing for the part in Davis Park...

Satisfaction, discontent felt by Fisher, Pearce at session's end (05/24/12)
State Rep. Barney Fisher of Horton and Sen. David Pearce of Warrensburg are happy with some aspects of the just-concluded 96th General Assembly, but there were also some very grisly omissions that left both Republicans with strong feelings of disgust...

R-5 board hires new tech center director (05/24/12)
The Nevada R-5 Board of Education voted 5-0 during a special board meeting Wednesday morning, with Steve Cubbage and Monte Smith abstaining, to appoint Dr. Phillip Witt as the new director at the Nevada Regional Technical Center. Witt replaces Teresa Stark, who resigned as director at the May board meeting...

Local truck shines at Joplin SuperRigs show (05/23/12)
Dozens of tricked-out, working trucks rolled into Joplin over the weekend -- Thursday, Friday and Saturday, for the 2012 Shell Rotella SuperRigs event. Truckers from all over the United States and Canada came to the show -- a chance to win $25,000 and show off their rides, all while helping support the All Roads Lead to Joplin rebuilding project benefitting the Joplin YMCA's community recovery efforts -- among them was Martin Guss's "It's Fixed" rig, from right here in Nevada...

Bronaugh grads promise to 'live the life you love' (05/23/12)
BRONAUGH -- Espousing a motto inspired by the late reggae musician Bob Marley, the 16 members of Bronaugh High School's Class of 2012 were awarded their diplomas in a lighthearted ceremony that one of their teachers said somewhat belied the seriousness many of them had shown as students...

Poppy Days recognized (05/23/12)
Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard presents a proclamation to Helen Wood, American Legion Auxilliary president, Shirley White, secretary and Kelsey Wood, declaring May 26-28 as Poppy Days in Nevada. According to the proclamation: since it began in 1921, Poppy Days has become a familiar tradition in almost every American community, with the distribution of the bright red memorial flower to the public being one of the oldest and most widely recognized programs of the American Legion Auxiliiary...

Ambulance district to receive Patriot Award (05/23/12)
Administrators of Vernon County Ambulance District have been chosen to be honored by the Department of Defense for their extraordinary support of their employees who serve in the National Guard and reserves, according to a press release from the Missouri State ESGR Committee...

Nevada Daily Mail to implement new paid digital access system (05/23/12)
Technology-driven change to take effect Thursday.

NHS Class of 2012 graduates (05/22/12)

VCAD trains with new boat (05/22/12)
Employees of the Vernon County Ambulance District take a newly-acquired rescue boat and motor out for a training session on Walton Lake in Nevada on Saturday. The 2011 model inflatable boat is made by Mercury and is 14.1 feet long and has a six foot beam. ...

Music on the Square continues with Doug Harper's Monday performance (05/22/12)
Sunny skies and a light, cool breeze provided a comfortable setting for the performance, as Doug Harper brought his unique brand of showmanship to the courthouse lawn, drawing a crowd for Monday Night Music on the Square yesterday. Harper played a broad mix of music...

Minor crash snarls Saturday traffic (05/22/12)
This 2000 Freightliner came to rest against the wire supporting the pole directly in front of the truck after Kenneth Pate, of El Dorado Springs, parked the vehicle in the Woods' Supermarket parking lot at 1407 W. Austin Boulevard in Nevada, Saturday morning. ...

City recognizes EMS week (05/22/12)
Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard presents a proclamation to James McKenzie Vernon County Ambulance District director and other personnel recognizing May 20-26 as EMS Week in Nevada.

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