Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Ice, sleet, rain and snow combined to form a hard, slick surface on the area's roadways but the Nevada Police Department and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office report few wrecks. According to the sheriff's office there were just a handful of accidents over the weekend, with none being serious. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail On Friday, Jan. 12, a committee met with the Vernon County Commissioners, including the newly named Southern Commissioner, Kennon Shaw, who was sworn in today, to discuss the need for a new county jail and to present qualifications of three architects...

Nevada Daily Mail A lone greyhound named Eddie was lost, cold and hungry for three days after it escaped from a transport kennel that overturned in an accident on icy roads on U.S. 71 on Friday; but he's back in touch with his owners, and if he's not already safe at The Woodlands, in Kansas City, Kan., he soon will be...

Nevada Daily Mail The winter storm that weighed down the area -- much of the Midwest, in fact, with inches of sleet and ice shut down most activities throughout the area. Residents are staying home -- and cancellations continue today. A regular meeting of the Nevada City Council, slated for tonight, has been canceled and will be conducted next week...

William E. Angel, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born July 13, 1934, in Nevada, to Herbert L. Angel and Dora M. Crews Angel. Bill was born in Nevada and graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1952. ...

Verna Leona Griggs, 98, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007, at Christian Health Care, Nevada. She was born Feb. 13, 1908, in Bridgeport, Kan., to Frank Victor Falen and Emilie Josephine Marie Johnson Falen. She married Russell William Griggs on July 18, 1946, in Lindsborg, Kan., at the Covenant Church. He preceded her in death...

Tessa Marie Stafford, 23, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. She was born Aug. 12, 1983, in Nevada, to John Brian Stafford and Linda Marlene Woolford. Tessa grew up in the Webb City and Joplin areas. She was baptized in the First Assembly of God Church in Webb City...

Virginia Hardie, age 95, Kansas City, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at St. Joseph Health Center in Kansas City, Mo. Graveside services with interment will be at noon, Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Flat Rock Cemetery west of Schell City, under the direction of the Lewis-Hoagland, Funeral Home, Schell City...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail With many people in southwest Missouri still without power and folks in McDonald County even without water, athletic events have been shuffled, to say the least. Since it's possible Carthage and McDonald County may not have school all week, their basketball contests against Nevada that have been called off due to the unrelenting ice entrapment are largely still up in the air...

Nevada Daily Mail The Golden Valley/Vernon County all-conference volleyball teams were released recently, with five local players selected for the first team. Bronaugh's Stormi Wilson and Morgan Hinkle were picked, along with Hume's Leana Brooks, Sheldon's Ashley Danner and Northeast Vernon County's Darci Baer on the first team...