Stories from Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Last night, the Nevada City Council OK'd the purchase of a new truck for the code enforcement officer for $12,000 -- a purchase that had been made prior to council approval. Interim City Manager Harlan Moore said that $12,000 had been budgeted for such a vehicle and the city had found a vehicle for that price and because the vehicle might have been sold to someone else while waiting for council approval, he, with the blessing of Mayor Mike Hutchens, had purchased it...

A lot of discussion these days includes alternative energy and the sources for the energy. The idea is to move away from fossil fuels to improve the environment. One of the sources of energy that we are hearing about is wind power. It sounds good and can help to provide energy. ...

Floyd Rudolph Parmenter, 62, of El Dorado Springs passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, in the Community Springs Healthcare Facility in El Dorado Springs after a lengthy ordeal with Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his wife Carol; sister-in-law Sue Gesler, of Granda Hills, Calif.; and brother-in-law Andy Wright, of Northville, Mich.; and two nieces...

Stephen Paul Crouse, 62, of Bronaugh, died at 5:30 a.m., on Nov. 14, 2008, in Springfield, Mo. A celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at the Bronaugh Baptist Church, in Bronaugh. Cremation took place at Springfield Mortuary...

Dec. 23 James L. Smith, El Dorado Springs, seat belt law. Dec. 24 Fred L. Buergin, Nevada, failure to yield right of way. Janet G. Stevenson, Moundville, failure to stop at a stop sign and seat belt law. Rowdy D. Whittington, Nevada, failure to stop at a stop sign...

Jan. 1 5:48 a.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 11:41 a.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 4:03 p.m., lift assist, no transport. 8:33 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 9:20 p.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. Jan. 2 2:57 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center...

Steven and Ashley Seay, of Nevada, and big sister Mallory, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother Aiden Michael Seay. Aiden was born at 5:37 p.m., on Jan. 14, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 19 1/2 inches...

The Nevada Tigers varsity boys' basketball team suffered their 11th loss of the year as they fell to the Bolivar Liberators by a final score of 61-53 Tuesday night. The game turned out to be a tough all-around contest for both sides, but Nevada's defensive struggles turned out to be the difference maker. "In the first half, we played stressed and weren't hard to guard," head coach John McNeley said. "It was a physical game and we've got to do better."...

The Cottey College Comets earned their 11th win of the year and fourth in a row Tuesday night as they defeated North Central Missouri College 78-65. The Comets had four players breaking into double figures in the game, led by Brittany Smith with 19 points. Coming in right behind Smith were Amanda Sanders and Alex Noble with 16 points each, Kindal Huett with 12 and Jessica Roberts with 10...

The swearing in of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America on Tuesday, Jan. 20, is certainly a forward step in the historic march of America. More than a million people flooded into the nation's capitol to the view the inauguration and the following parade which boasted more than 13,000 participants...

"We didn't find any evidence of wrongdoing," Cindy Bias told the city council in response to a question from city attorney, Bill McCaffree, during Tuesday night's City Council meeting. She said that there were about $88,000 in unidentified reconciliation problems that could hide something, but that she thought the issue was due to accounting errors that were not caught because the city's accounts were not reconciled in a timely manner during 2007. ...

The Cedar County sheriff, like his fellow law enforcement counterpart in Barton County, has come under criticism from the Missouri State Auditor, Susan Montee. Montee recently released audit reports for both counties. "Task force monies totaling $2,008 have not been accounted for," Montee's wrote in her report. ...

Nevada, Mo. -- Students at Cedar Ridge State School got a visit from the Tooth Wizard, his friend Panda and their arch-enemy, PlaqueMan, Friday in Delta Dental Land of Smiles program. The trio entertain children with their humorous, yet informative antics, directed at children in kindergarten through third grade to help instill the habit of good dental hygiene early...