Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2009

April 24 An accident occurred at 2:13 p.m., in Fastrip's parking lot involving a parked car owned by Jason M. Johanson, of Moundville, that rolled into a parked car owned by Christi Young, of Nevada. No injuries were reported. An accident occurred at 4:24 p.m., in Bank of America's parking lot involving a pickup driven by Kelsey L. Caldwell, of Sheldon, and a parked car owned by Ruby Castlebury, of Sheldon. No injuries were reported...

April 11 Joshua G. Barre, El Dorado Springs, speeding 80/65. Benjamin L. Griffith, Fort Scott, failure to stop at a stop sign. Naomi M. Holcomb, Kansas City, Mo., speeding 40/30. Stephan E. Householder, Bronaugh, failure to stop at a stop sign. Kelsey E. Klenklen, El Dorado Springs, speeding 51/30...

April 6 12:11 a.m., 104 S. Jefferson, EMS assist. 3:16 a.m., Nevada Regional Medical Center, aircraft standby. 8:40 a.m., 1500 W. Ashland, fire alarm. April 7 1:57 a.m., 1200 Road and Quail Road, motor vehicle accident. 8:42 a.m., 300 N. Washington, gas leak...

Emily Earnest and Brandon Leer, of Nevada, and big sister Kallie, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Brylinn Rae Leer. Brylinn was born at 7:52 p.m., on April 24, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 18 1/2 inches...

Juanita (English) Kiel, 87, Nevada, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin following a brief illness. She was born Sept. 16, 1921, in Fort Worth, Texas, to an American soldier and his French war bride. After their divorce she was left in the care of her foster parents, Sewell and Sarah Adams. She was married in 1939 to Oscar Ernest Kiel, and he preceded her in death June 19, 1995...

This is a continuation of the last column published two weeks ago. When I started that column, I did not plan to make it in two parts. As I said, the Youth Center is of utmost importance to me, so no wonder that it requires more than one column. In March the annual meeting of the McGennis Youth Center was held and the annual report was presented. We ended with the discussion of the caretakers report as reported by Scott and Tina Sudkamp. Most of their report was in the previous column...

Dear Editor, I have lived in your area now about one year. Never have I seen such rampant littering along the roadsides. While walking along the road that runs just west of town from Noah to Mission, I counted four large gallon size empty bottles of Jim Beam, and one smaller one. Various beer bottles, cans and soft drink containers...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) wants to reassure Missourians that swine flu cannot be contracted from eating pork or pork products. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food...

The streets, sidewalks, police department, fire department, ambulance, health care facilities, education, parks, city government and even the city's charter form of government and whether the current form of government is working and does it need to be changed,...

The wet cool spring and continuing rainfall has some farmers worried about when they may be able to get into their muddy fields and begin planting. The 2 to 3 inches of rain in the early part of the week has not helped matters any, and a forecast of more rain later in the week will only compound the problem...

The Centers for Disease Control is warning people to be alert for the symptoms of swine flu. Several cases of swine flu have appeared in the United States following an outbreak in Mexico. So far cases have been reported in California, Texas, New York City, Kansas and Ohio. Symptoms include flu-like symptoms of fever, aches and pains, sore throats, coughing and trouble breathing...