Stories from Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Wanda Maxine Root, 78, of Marshall, Mo., died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 6, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall with the Rev. Wayne Doolin officiating. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Joyce Elizabeth Walker, 78, of Nevada passed away on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born March 27, 1929, in Fresno, Calif., to William Thomas Palfrey and Margaret Elizabeth Hassing Palfrey. She was married Oct. 5, 1945, to Johnnie Bishop Walker and he preceded her in death on May 12, 2005...

Bred and Alicia Neil, of Marshfield, Mo., and big sister Natalie, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Corbin David Neil. Corbin was born at 12:06 p.m., Feb. 25, 2008, at Cox Medical South. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 19 1/2 inches...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Snowfall of more than 40 inches in northwest Missouri and 30 inches across the state north of Highway 36 could make this winter one of the 10 wettest on record, said a University of Missouri Extension climatologist. Heaviest winter rainfall of 12 to 16 inches fell over the Missouri Bootheel, said Pat Guinan with MU Commercial Agriculture...

Jared Yung-Chi Chei, 28, a former resident of Nevada, has been spending quite a bit of time in China learning the language. Although Chei is there funded in part through a religious organization, the Free Methodist Church, he stresses that he isn't a missionary...

Vernon County Circuit Judge Neal Quitno approved a Sheldon woman's request to have her bond reduced after she was arrested and charged with four felony counts of burglary and theft related acts. According to court documents, 28-year-old Amanda Bump was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 19, for the alleged theft of two wallets and fraudulent use of an ATM and credit card...

Members of the Nevada Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce gathered for an evening of fun and fanfare Saturday night, for the chamber's annual Pacesetter Awards banquet and casino night, held at the Eagles Lodge in Nevada. "This year, nominations were solicited from the entire 325 chamber membership at large -- the list was narrowed down to the top three or four finalists in each category. ...

The Nevada City Council will be taking a look at hiring Rosetta Construction, LLC to work on the city's west interceptor sewer line improvements when they meet at 7 p.m., today, in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. The council will also be considering the reappointment of Brian Leonard to the planning commission, as well as bids for caustic soda for the water treatment plant, a security camera system, software for the fire department, a replacement brush truck for the fire department.. ...

The headline took an almost threatening tone: "What are you willing to do to be happy?" It was almost as if, if you weren't willing to rob a bank while wearing a chicken suit, for example, then maybe you didn't deserve to be happy. And since the story came from Oprah.com it couldn't be ignored, any more than you could ignore Moses if he appeared in your living room with an 11th commandment (such as "Thou shalt not place false talk-show hosts before Oprah")...

Levah G. Bishop Wysong, 95, of Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a recent illness. She was born on Feb. 13, 1913, in Mulberry, Kan., to William Thomas Bishop and Arminda McPeters Bishop. She married George C. Wysong, on Sept. 20, 1939, in Nevada. He preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 1999...