Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2007

City and county officials, along with crime victims and their families, joined with Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord (left) and Nevada Mayor Bill Edmonds for the official signing of a proclamation naming the week of April 22 through April 28 as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. ...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office have issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a 15-year-old girl they believe is in the company of a 34-year-old sexual offender. Ron Peckman, Vernon County Sheriff, said the girl, Debra M. Secrest, was last seen in Hume 11 p.m. the night of April 16 and was reported missing at 6:30 a.m. on April 17...

Nevada Daily Mail For the first time in its history, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court at Cottey College in Nevada, on Wednesday, April 25, Chief judge Victor C. Howard announced recently. A three-judge panel, consisting of Harold L. Lowenstein, Joseph M. Ellis and Lisa White Hardwick will hear oral arguments in four cases at the Missouri Recital Hall located in the Haidee & Allen Wild Center for the Arts beginning at 9 a.m., Howard said...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Tuesday night the Nevada City Council voted 5-0 to hold a special election on Aug. 7 to ask Nevada voters to approve $9.8 million in revenue bonds to cover part of the cost of rebuilding Nevada's wastewater treatment plant...

Nevada Daily Mail A Wal-Mart Supercenter at 2500 S. Main, Fort Scott, opened its doors at 7:30 this morning. Fort Scott Mayor Gary Billionis, city council members, and Wal-Mart associates and their families were to join store manager Terry Files in the ribbon cutting and celebration of the store opening...

Roger Leath Hill, age 75, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born Feb. 27, 1932, in Ellsinore, Mo., the son of Buell Hill and Beulah Stephens Hill. He served in the U.S. Marines and was a member of the Olson Frary Burkhart Post No. ...

Wilbur Raymond "Frosty" Demaree, the patriarch of a large family passed away Friday, April 13, 2007. He was born in Winamac, Ind., on Nov. 27, 1908, to Clyde Carlton and Ida May (Cassidy) Demaree. His parents took the family from Indiana to North Dakota as part of the westward movement of settlers and homesteaded there. ...

Marjorie L. Tabor, 82, passed away on April 17, 2007, at 5:05 a.m., at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 26, 1925, in Webb City, Mo., to James L. Hawkins and Rose Shelton Hawkins. She was a beautician, and a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Webb City. Marjorie married Bud Tabor on Oct. 7, 1941, in Joplin, Mo., and he preceded her in death on March 29, 2002...

Gilma K. (Adams) Pilcher, 82, Nevada, Mo., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 16, 2007, following an illness of several weeks. She was born Feb. 7, 1925, in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Worlie Wilbur and Vina Mae (HuddIeston) Adams; the granddaughter of Marion Francis and Laura Belle Adams, Gilbert Beebe and Phelena Cathryn (Munn) Huddleston. She married Murriel Pilcher on April 4,1941, in Clayton (St. Louis County), Mo. He preceded her in death on July 16, 1980...

Most people are aware of the series of books for dummies. These publications cover a number of subjects such as a variety of books relating to the computer. There is "Football for Dummies," "Baseball for Dummies," "Food for Dummies" and the list goes on...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Nevada track teams held a meet for grades 9/10 at Testman Field Tuesday. There were five girls with individual wins, and two relay victories. The boys had one win in a relay. Maria Mock won the 100 meters with a time of 13.50 seconds, and also won the 200 with a 28.00...

Nevada Daily Mail CLINTON -- Hits were hard to come by as the Nevada Tigers and Clinton Cardinals squared off in non-conference play Tuesday. The Cardinals parleyed five hits into four runs, and that was enough to topple the Tigers, 4-2. Nevada had only three hits, including a triple by Colby Shepherd. Jerrod Alexander and Ben Fisher added singles...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Nevada Tigers had their best nine-hole round in years as they singed the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course for a 148 in a dual with Lamar Tuesday. Nevada beat the visitors by 86 shots, as three players shot under 40, with Brandon Davis breaking par with a 1-under 35...