Stories from Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Sheriff's Office and Nevada Police Department will be able to take advantage of a LiveScan fingerprint system after all, thanks to a grant from the L.F. Richardson Foundation to help with the cost of maintenance. On Aug.11, the Missouri Department of Public Safety announced that, through U.S. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A Bolivar man who escaped from the Vernon County jail in 2005 with the assistance of a local woman has been indicted by a Springfield grand jury on three charges alleging federal firearms violations. Bradley J. Schlozman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced Edward McBee, 46, Bolivar, has been indicted for possession of two firearms, a .380-caliber Lorcin semi-automatic pistol and a Remington .22-caliber rifle. ...

Editor's note: This is the second story in a series about sex crimes against children in the area. By Colette Lefebvre Nevada Daily Mail According to recent research, in 10 percent of all reported crimes, there's also a request that the defendant receive a forensic evaluation in order to determine competency to stand trail. Ten percent of those defendants are sex offenders...

Several area youth participated in an English riding clinic conducted at the Vernon County fairgrounds on Saturday morning. Above, a student practices technique in the arena. At left, students listen to instructions during the event, which was held for riders of several skill levels, from beginning to advanced...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will conduct a special meeting at 6:30 tonight, to deal with issues relating to improvements planned at the Nevada Municipal Airport. City documents say that because bids are higher than the funds available to complete the project, the council plans to consider a bill rejecting all of the current bids for the planned runway improvement and directing the engineers to request new bids...

Nevada Daily Mail A Sheldon man and a Minnesota man were injured in unrelated traffic crashes on Monday, according to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Kyle L. Bogart, of Sheldon, suffered minor injuries in an accident that occured at about 4:20 p.m., when the 1983 Ford he was driving failed to stop at a stop sign at Route N, one mile east of Bronaugh, and pulled into the path of a 1997 Ford pickup driven by Charles H. Green of Sheldon who was uninjured...

John and Michelle Baker, Nevada, and Edward and Trevor, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Justice Lillian Baker. Justice was born at 4:20 p.m., Aug. 19, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, and measured 21 inches...

Joan E. Stevens, 71, of Gardner, Kan., passed away peacefully at the home on Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, after a year-long battle with cancer. Joan was born in Fort Scott, Kan., to Edgar and Marian Butler on Feb. 27, 1935. She spent her early years at Deerfield, Mo., before attending high school at Nevada, Mo. After graduating from high school in 1953, Joan attended Pittsburg State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education in the 1958...

Why have a recount? Dear editor: I am writing in regards to the article in the Daily Mail, "Prosecutor's race too close to call." Now we spent thousands of taxpayers' dollars to purchase the new counting ballot mahines and our coutny clerk thinks it may be necessary to recount the votes by hand. What is wrong in the courthouse?...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- For six innings the Nevada Lady Tigers dominated the Clinton Cardinals, only to watch it nearly slip away in the seventh. Clinton scored four runs in the top of the seventh to tie the score at six, but the Lady Tigers scored in the bottom half on a walk-off groundout by Jessica Long to win the season opener for both schools, 7-6...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail After missing out on a state tournament berth by just a few points in 2005, the Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team is looking for more in 2006. Nevada finished second in the district tournament last fall, losing by only four points in the third game of a match against Warrensburg that would have sent Nevada to the state tournament...