Stories from Tuesday, June 24, 2008

June 11 There was a report of a petty theft in the 200 block of east Highland, made by Rober Adamson, of Nevada. He reported a car stereo stolen. June 12 An accident occurred at 4:19 p.m., at Austin and Tower, involving a pickup driven by Ashley R. Heathman, of Richards, and a SUV driven by Robert L. Yoder, of Milo, Mo. No injuries were reported...

June 20 There were reports of a stolen phone in the Nevada area, a deer vs. car in the Nevada area, horse complaint in the Sheldon area, a vicious dog in the El Dorado Springs area, a horse complaint in the Sheldon area, a possible drunk driver in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Milo area, a vehicle roll over in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a car on fire in the Sheldon area, debris in the road in the state line area, and an attempted assault in the Nevada area...

Roy Eugene Whalan, 67, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2008, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, in Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 24, 1941, in Nevada, to Timothy Wilber Whalan and Lucy Lucille Moore Whalan. He married Doris Ann Bowen on Dec. 24, 1994, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Tom and Amanda Meyer, of Nevada, and big brother Brett Meyer, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Cale Austin Meyer. Cale was born at 8:32 p.m., on May 29, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Bushwhacker Colgate Country Showdown winner Ginelle Esry, 13-year-old daughter of Gary and Nancy Esry, El Dorado Springs, said she enjoyed singing in competitions and that winning was an added bonus. Esry will be in eighth grade this fall in the El Dorado Springs Middle School...

Disciples Christian Church is collecting gently worn shoes for the mission Soles 4 Souls. Adult men's, women's and children's shoes are needed. The donated shoes will be used both in the United States and globally. Domestically, shoes are needed for disaster relief (for victims of Katrina, southern California wildfires, floods in the mid-west, and tornadoes in the southeast);in the Appalachia Mountains Region (Lynchburg, Ky., to Bluefield, W. ...

When 4,200 soldiers, sailors and airmen are training in one area, it takes a lot of food to keep them going. The Missouri National Guardsmen of Company A, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Nevada, make sure they get it. Thanks to the supply platoon, the training troops get two hot meals a day --breakfast and dinner -- and a pre-packaged lunch. Breakfast might be steak and eggs or corned beef hash, and dinners include dishes like spaghetti, rotisserie chicken, pork chops and hamburgers...