Last Week's Most Read Stories

Madalyn's welcomes everyone (10/30/09)
Madalyn Crocker, her husband, Chris, and two little sons found out it was a long way from South Africa to Schell City. They followed her brother here in 1993, wanting a change in their lifestyle. They arrived with eight suitcases and no job. For the first year, they helped her brother milk cows and Madalyn made several different flavors of ice cream to sell...

Holt gets life in prison (10/31/09)
Clad in an orange jumpsuit, Derek Holt entered the courtroom Friday afternoon for sentencing after being convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child in late September. Holt, 28, was given a life sentence Friday afternoon in the Bourbon County District Court after being convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child late last month. ...

Sheldon man to be arraigned Nov. 23 (11/03/09)
Kaleb Leonard, 24, Sheldon, will be arraigned in Vernon County Circuit Court Nov. 23 on the charge of endangering the welfare of a child, a Class C felony. On Oct. 22, Leonard took his daughter, Cali, to the Nevada Regional Medical Center emergency room with head injuries...

Parent's night at Anti-Van Follies (10/31/09)

What a coincidence (10/31/09)
Timing is everything and the timing of the publication of a recent legal notice of an upcoming trustee's sale is causing some confusion for Brian L. Leonard and his wife Rhonda. Leonard, who is a candidate for city council, said that he and his wife own their home and are not the owners of the property to be sold on the courthouse steps Nov. 19...

Four seek election to Nevada City Council seats (10/30/09)
Amyl Bishop Do you know of any reason you might not be able to serve the entire term if you are elected to fill one of the vacant seats on the City Council? I do not foresee any circumstances preventing me from serving the entire term. As a Nevada native and dedicated citizen I am thrilled to possibly have the opportunity to serve on the city council. ...

Building a better Mouse Trap (04/26/08)
Fort Scott, Kan. -- Vinyl records, string, dowel rods and a mouse trap, may seem like just odds and ends to some people. However, for two local students, these items fueled their way to victory. Fort Scott Christian Heights freshmen Jared Bahr and Jaedon Lamb secured first place in Pittsburg State University's Science Day Mouse Trap Car competition on Thursday...

R-5 voters to decide Prop 1 fate Tuesday (10/31/09)
Voters in the Nevada R-5 School District will decide Tuesday on a proposed extension of the Proposition C rollback, first approved 10 years ago, but which sunsets this year. Under Proposition C, half of a Missouri 1-cent sales tax now going to schools, is returned to the voters unless voters OK a waiver allowing districts to keep that funding...

Safe Treats Parade (10/31/09)