Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2007

The Vernon County Commissioners meet with the road and bridge foreman and the county clerk during budget deliberations this morning. From left: Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach, road and bridge foreman Ron Sloan, Northern Commissioner Neal Gerster and Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council and the Vernon County Commission held a rare joint meeting Tuesday evening at the City/County Community Center, Nevada, prior to the council's regular council meeting, to finalize the Vernon County Enhanced Enterprise Zone...

October Nevada Daily Mail In October, the race for U.S. Senator heated up substantially, with frontrunners Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent duking it out with harsh political ads, inundating the airwaves and the print media with barb after barb. Polls waffled back and forth, with Talent and McCaskill trading top numbers so often the race was impossible to call before the election. ...

William Robert "Bill" Henry, 95, Coffeyville, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at Windsor Place, Coffeyville, Kan. He was born May 15, 1911, in Meramec, Okla., to Denny Everett Henry and Myrtle F. Prater Henry. He married Lucille Ruhl on May 6, 1936, in Kingfisher, Okla...

James E. Prine Jr., 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born May 6, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo., to James Eddie Prine Sr. and Golda Mawhiney Prine. He married Mary Wanda Springer on Feb. 7, 1948, in Wheatland, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Elnora Lyon, age 74, of Grandview, Mo., and formerly of Nevada, died on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. She was born July 11, 1932, in Schell City, Mo. to Dean J. Maus and Edna Mae Schrum Maus. On Oct. 14, 1951, she was married to Vernon Lyon and he preceded her in death in 1969...

Lawrence Mackey, age 84, of Sheldon, died on Friday Dec. 30, 2006, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo., following a short illness. He was born in Fay, Okla., to William Peter Mackey and Edna Mary Williams Mackey. On Nov. 15, 1948, he was married in Enid, Okla., to Velma L. Weber and she preceded him in death on July 15, 2006...

Rita M. Downen, 63, Nevada, Mo., died at her daughter's home on Dec. 30, 2006. Memorial services will be held Thursday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, with burial in the Greenlawn Cemetery.

Betty Lou Kiger, 71, Rich Hill, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at Willow Lane Nursing Center, Butler, Mo. Funeral services were 11 a.m., today, Jan. 3, at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel, Butler, with Kelly Kiger officiating. Burial was in the Balltown Cemetery, Horton, Mo. Contributions may be made to the Myrtle Tree Fellowship Assembly of God in Rich Hill...

Another take on Gamble Dear editor: Missouri Supreme Court Justice Michael Wolff's column on Missouri's Civil War (Dec. 28), while admirable overall, contains several lamentable blunders of commission and omission. 1. "After Missouri's decision (by Convention) not to secede from the Union, Gov. ...

Last Tuesday, Dec. 26, and the first work day after Christmas, it was a little hard to drive on the second block of West Cherry. A certain void was felt, knowing that a person often seen on that block was not there any more. Only in a small town does news travel so fast. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Converting only four of 13 free throw attempts in the second half, the Nevada Lady Tigers lost their first game of the season Tuesday, falling to the Nixa Lady Eagles 50-45 in the opening game of the 12th Annual Lady Tiger Invitational...