Stories from Thursday, May 21, 2009

May 16 An accident occurred at 1:46 p.m., at Austin and Osage, involving a car driven by Rodney D. Blakeman, of Walker, and a pickup driven by Adam E. Pettibon, of Bentonville, Ark. No injuries were reported. A theft was reported on the 100 block of south Ash, made by Vanessa Radford, of Nevada. She reported speakers, change, clothing, compact discs and medication stolen...

Peggy Patton Adams Ewing, 77, passed away Monday, May 18, 2009 in Columbia, Missouri. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 23, at Deepwood Cemetery, in Nevada, Mo. A memorial gathering in Columbia will be held at a later date. Mrs. ...

I'm really homesick. I miss my parents so much. I miss my grandparents equally as much too. I got my last taste of Missouri in March, and it was delicious. Seeing my sister almost everyday makes things easier, but it also makes me miss Mom and Dad even more...

0Several friends were standing at the door of the church on Sunday discussing the rain that came abundantly many days in a row. One commented that her mother-in-law had the saying that if it rains on Easter Sunday it will rain the next seven Sundays also. ...

Colgate Country Showdown and Michael Scott featured Bushwhacker Days Friday

Kenneth Hoenshell of Nevada, went before the draft board doctors, was examined, and told he was 4-F, had a physical deferment and would never have to go to the Army. He began farming and got married. He and his wife, Betty, planned to have a family...

Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman is busy putting the final touches on the new Vernon County Jail, but it is already being put to some use. Evidence is stored in the new evidence area. Some of the evidence is in a room packed in boxes waiting for shelves...

Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman is on the trail of a group of men, and one woman. They aren't desperadoes or malefactors, they are the former sheriffs of Vernon County. Peckman is hoping to find photos of his predecessors so that they can be placed in the lobby of the new jail...