Stories from Tuesday, August 29, 2006

By Colette Lefebvre Nevada Daily Mail Beginning Monday, Aug. 28, a new highway work zone law went into effect, with higher consequences for motorists who endanger the lives of those who are working in a work zone. There are currently more than 1,000 work zones in Missouri and so far there have been two highway workers killed...

Nevada Daily Mail Soon, it will be harvest time in Missouri. This time of the year offers special challenges for travelers on Missouri roadways. Farming plays a vital role in Missouri's economy, history, and identity. Motorists should be aware that farm machinery traffic will be heavier than normal during harvest time --especially on rural highways...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council plans to conduct a special meeting on Wednesday, at a special location -- the Neal Center, 1117 N. West St., Nevada, at 6:30 p.m. Items on the agenda include changes to the city's budget and ordinances relating to design services at the Nevada Municipal Airport and bids that have to do with planned runway improvements. The bids are to be rejected, and a new request for bids is to be issued, because all bids came in higher than the budget would allow...

Editor's note: This is a continuation of a series about sexual abuse against children. By Colette Lefebvre Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman says the county deals with at least one child sexual abuse case a month. Only the crimes that are reported make it into the statistics and many families still keep sexual abuse quiet, afraid of the stigma that goes hand-in-hand with sexual abuse, but the lasting effects of this problem are numerous...

Marilyn Sue Reid, 53, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006, at 11:10 a.m., at St. John's Regional Medical Center. She was born on Dec. 10, 1952, in Joplin, to Robert E. Taylor and Mary E. Gillion Taylor. She was self employed in the real estate business and a member of the Christian Church of Nevada...

Richard Jay Loiselle, 42, Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center of complications from a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was born Feb. 23, 1964, in Nevada, to Donald E. Loiselle and Dixie Lee Dickason Hendricks...

Judith A. Shipp, 64, of Wapello, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2006, at the Wapello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, 1931 Houser Street, Muscatine, Iowa...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tiger golfers opened the 2006 season by shooting a 285 and finishing third in their own Lady Tiger Invitational at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Monday. Lakyn Mansfield shot 111 and Aubrey Jones 113 over 18 holes as Nevada finished behind Carl Junction and Clinton...