Stories from Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Weather permitting, May 10 should be an enjoyable as well as a historically significant occasion for those who participate. And all interested folks are invited. The Col. John T. Coffee Camp No. 1934 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (incidentally, the largest camp in the state) has won an award for finding and marking more lost Confederate graves than any other camp. Compatriot Eldon Steward won a personal award for the same reason, having marked many of the graves singlehandedly...

April 20 Melissa Grissom, Bronaugh, failure to maintain lane and driving while intoxiciated. Robert L. Houck, Liberal, Kan., speeding 42/30. Cody A. Jenkins, Nevada, speeding 43/30. James A. Menefee, Mountain Grove, Mo., speeding 42/30. Ian G. Simpson, Harwood, speeding 45/30...

Bobby M. Cook, age 78, Fort Scott, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. He was born July 22, 1929, in Enid, Okla., the son of Guy Carlton Cook and Nellie A. Graves Cook. He married Martha Poyner on April 24, 1955, in Fort Scott. ...

May 2 There were reports of a missing horse in the Nevada area, a cone in the roadway in the U.S. Highway 54 area, a low power line in the Nevada area, a theft in the Nevada area, a 911 wrong number in the Bronaugh area, a drive off in the Rich Hill area, a theft from the Schell City area, tampering in the Nevada area, a railroad hazard in the Milo area, debris in the road in the Walker area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Bates County area, a civil matter in the Rich Hill area, a custody issues in the Lamar area, a property damage in the Schell City area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Nevada area, property damage in the Walker area, a theft in the Nevada area, a barn fire in the Richards area, a dispute in the Nevada area, a dispute in the Nevada area, an attempt to locate in the Sheldon area, a suspicious vehicle in the Nevada area, and a civil dispute in the state line area.. ...

The third and fourth grade students in the Sheldon school district got recognition from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently when DESE announced the results of the Top Ten highest performing schools Top Ten schools are recognized for the percentage of their students scoring at the proficient and advanced levels for the 2007 Missouri Assessment Program...

The Nevada City Council is looking at short agenda for their meeting tonight. Among the items to be considered are a resolution authorizing an application for a USDA Rural Development grant to pay for running the fiber optic line to the new Vernon County jail facility and the second reading of an ordinance transferring the ownership of property to the Nevada R-5 School District...

Jhan Hurn's proposal last Wednesday to the Nevada Park and Recreation Board to build five six-bedroom group homes adjacent to Marmaduke Park was met with responses ranging from support for the concept with reservations and questions about the location, to outright opposition to any more group homes locating in Nevada...

MegaWest Energy Corporation has started pumping steam into its 10-acre field just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line in anticipation of pumping the area's thick oil out. The company has 40 producing wells in the field which it anticipates will produce an average of 300 barrels a day once the steam has raised the temperature of the field enough to thin the oil. The company has pumped some oil out of the ground but not in significant quantities yet...