Stories from Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Betty Jean Gobin, 72, of Nevada, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Aug. 16, at First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements under the direction of Evergreen Memorial Chapel...

Merlin Delbert Johnson, 78, Nevada passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born May 25, 1930, in Topeka, Kan., to Louis Edmond Johnson and Gladys Lorie Tunin Johnson. He was married June 24, 1955, in Kansas City, Kan., to Nora M. Selmer-Rogge and she survives of the home...

Alice Louise (Schlup) Friedli, of Harwood, Mo., was born on June 8, 1933, in Plattsburg, Mo., to Bessie (Sims) Schlup and Jesse Schlup. She went to be with her Lord on Aug. 1, 2008, after a lengthy illness. She was united in marriage to Dewyne Henry Friedli on April 12, 1952, in Kansas City, Mo., who survives of the home...

July 31 There were reports of suspicious activies in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, suspicous activiy in the Nevada area, a medical call in the Richards area, a vehicle fire in the Deerfield area, a railroad crossing malfunction in the Sheldon aea, a theft in the Milo area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Dederick area, a suspicious person in the Bronaugh area and a dog bite in the Nevada area...

The Nevada City Council will be holding a public hearing and considering an ordinance setting the 2008 real estate and personal property tax rates for the city and the Nevada Public Library. According to information from the city, the rates will remain the same as they were in 2007...

It's hot! Sweltering summertime heat has triggered an excessive heat warning from the National Weather Service for several counties in Missouri and Kansas, in the cities of Nevada, Lamar, El Dorado Springs, Stockton, Fort Scott and everywhere in between...

Civic leaders and officials from the area recently acquired from Aquila by KCP&L met with KCP&L representatives to hear about the utility's plans for the future. John Marshall, KCP&L senior vice president, spoke to the assembled guests. "It's a great opportunity to be with you and meet you today," Marshall said. ...

The Nevada Griffons have advanced in the NBC World Series with a win over the Casa Grande, Ariz, Cotton Kings. The Griffons came out swinging right from the start of the game, plating four runs in the top of the very first inning, along with four more in the fifth and two in the sixth. Casa Grande went down quietly in each of the first three innings, only managing four hits until Mike Devito homered to lead off the fourth for the Cotton Kings' only run of the game...

The two lady scramble, sponsored by the Ladies Golf Association, was held Wednesday, July 31, at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course. The tournament was divided into two flights, the A and B flights. The A flight winners were Sue Taylor, Joplin, and Heidi Rice, Springfield, Mo. Second place went to the team of Jo Poyzer, El Dorado Springs, and Beth Parmaly, Joplin, followed by Ginger Milner and Donna Davis, Harrisonville, Mo., in third...

The Nevada Middle School is hosting their annual volleyball skills clinic Aug. 18-21. The clinic is open to any girls entering fifth through eighth grade this coming school year and will be held in the Nevada Middle School gymnasium. The clinic will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and from 3:30-5 p.m. on Tuesday...